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'It is that Margaret Drummond shall have no dealings whatsoever with Leucha Villiers. As to Hollyhock, I can manage her myself. Now perhaps, madam, you will return to Edinburgh and allow the routine of the school to go on under my guidance, I being the head-mistress, not you! Mrs Drummond went away in a wild fury.

I am in dreadful disgrace. I only wish I were dead." "Leave us, Miss Worrick," said Miss Sherrard. The door was closed behind the governess; and the head-mistress, taking one of Kitty's cold hands, led her to a seat near herself on the sofa. "There is more behind," she said. "Kitty, you must tell me the truth." "I long to tell you," answered Kitty.

Kitty bowed her head; the light went out of her eyes, her face turned pale. "What punishment will you invent to torture me with?" she said at last in a low voice. "I suppose I have done wrong, and I am willing to take the punishment. What is it?" "Of course you must be punished," said the head-mistress; "it would never do to allow disobedience is the school. You see, Kitty "

'And so it has been treated, Miss Briggs, replied Mr. Jones. 'Miss Briggs, excuse me, but did you write to Mr. Jones upon the matter we discussed yesterday? inquired the head-mistress, looking very much annoyed. Poor Miss Briggs looked very much ashamed of herself as she answered, 'Yes. She saw that she had betrayed herself, whereas Mr. Jones had not done so.

The head-mistress was a Catholic, and though she must have been sixty, she looked keen, witty, and as if she knew the ways of the world. She had received an introduction from Lady Harrington, and so welcomed the young lady in the most cordial manner. She had about fifteen young boarders of thirteen or fourteen years of age.

She went there at once, wondering if the head-mistress wanted to give her particular instructions with regard to the great scholarship examination which would take place at the end of the term. Cassandra was remarkable for her calm and somewhat stately bearing; she was the sort of girl who never gave herself away. She was admired rather than passionately loved by her companions.

So was the head-mistress, Miss Ravenscroft; and also, seated on the same little raised platform, were the six ladies who formed the governors. The governors sat in a little circle, Miss Mackenzie in the middle. Miss Mackenzie looked hard and very firm. Her iron-gray hair, her false teeth, her prominent nose, and her rather cruel steel-gray eyes made themselves felt all down the long room.

Necessity is a stern teacher, and she was the head-mistress of that school. Among other things she taught Miles to reason extensively not very profoundly, perhaps, nor always correctly, but at all events in a way that he never reasoned before. The best way to convey to the reader the state of his mind will be to let him speak for himself.

Nearer and nearer came the white figure. Its approach was more than flesh and blood could stand. With a wild shriek Fil dashed across the lawn, followed closely by Nora, Ingred, and Verity. "Girls!" cried a clear and well-known voice. "Girls! Stop! What are you doing here?" There was no mistaking the tone of command of the head-mistress.

There is no need to substitute one form of cant for another, but it is possible possible even though the head-mistress should be a spinster, for whom physical motherhood has not been and never will be to incorporate in the very spirit of the school, as part of its public opinion, no less potent though its power be not consciously felt, the ideals of real and complete womanhood, which mean nothing less than the consecration of the individual to the future, and the belief that such consecration serves not only the future but also the highest satisfaction of her best self.