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Updated: May 15, 2025
But for the most part Hillside Avenue displayed a forlorn nakedness to the eye that made Janice more than ever homesick for Greensboro. The schoolbell had ceased ringing before she turned into High Street and began to ascend the hill again, so there were no young folks in sight. Higher up the main street of Poketown there were few stores, but the dwellings were no more attractive.
Bessie caught up her sailor hat, shoved it carelessly over her mass of thick hair, and searched frantically round her untidy bedroom for the string bag which contained her schoolbooks. "Oh, Bessie, you'll get into a scrape," said Judy, one of her younger sisters, dancing into the room. "Why, you are late. I hear the schoolbell ringing; it will stop in a moment."
I think I will teach it myself until he returns." It was the hour for opening the school, and the Griffin went inside and pulled the rope which rang the schoolbell. Some of the children who heard the bell ran in to see what was the matter, supposing it to be a joke of one of their companions; but when they saw the Griffin they stood astonished, and scared.
Smith asked me to bring him to you." "Ah, indeed!" said Crabb, adjusting his glasses, which seemed to sit uneasily on his nose. "I hope you are well, Roscoe?" "Thank you, sir; my health is good." "The schoolbell will ring directly. Perhaps you had better come into the schoolroom and select a desk." "Very well, sir." "Are you a classical scholar, Roscoe?" "Yes, sir."
At the end of that time the schoolbell rang, and the boys trooped back into the schoolroom. Hector sat at his desk looking tranquil and at ease. He alone seemed unaware of the fate that was destined for him. At twelve o'clock the morning session closed.
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