io LETTERS TO MARCO n 



school added a number of bedrooms: there 

 were nineteen bed and dressing rooms alto- 

 gether, but I am sorry to say only two of any 

 size. On various cupboard doors I found 

 many little pencil inscriptions, the work of the 

 school-girls, which may amuse you. They 

 are suggestive of the school life of former 

 days, with its likes and dislikes. "I love Ada 

 Lloyd," and beneath, " So do I." "I hate 

 Hetty Clarke and Emma Richings." <( I 

 dislike Emma Richings, she tries to part 

 friends." "We are all going home next 

 Tuesday three weeks." " I hate - " with 

 the name obliterated, and beneath, "The 

 person who wrote this is a - ' also ob- 

 literated. " I love Mary Davis and Ada 

 Lloyd." "We all do." And one, only one 

 male name, though this was cut in the wood, 

 " I love Edward." Who was Edward ? 



I found the garden in a very neglected 

 state. There was a cow feeding on the lawn, 

 and as the school washing was done at home, 

 a large part of the kitchen garden was used 



