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The pupils of Miss Rader were all assembled to receive the prizes which they were supposed to have won. The reward-books were handed to the pupils by an elderly lady Mrs. Lebours. She was standing in front of the row of young girls, surrounded by half-a-dozen satellites of her own sex. Miss Rader was sitting near the group of "young ladies." Mrs.
Lebours began: "First prize for French has been won by Adèle Rougeant, but the committee of ladies have decided that as she is about to pursue her studies elsewhere, she will not receive the prize. It will be given to the one next to her, who is going to remain under Miss Rader's excellent tuition." This little speech having been delivered by Mrs.
Lebours, who meanwhile flourished the reward-book; Miss Rader approached Adèle, and tapping her unkindly on the shoulder, she whispered to her in a whistling tone, her snaky eyes expressing the kindliness of a tiger: "You see what you gain through wanting to leave my school; you lose a beautiful book." Adèle was not unhappy. On the contrary; she experienced an elevating, martyr-like sensation.
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