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On the last night before a recess, it was always expressly made a point of honour that nobody should go to sleep, and that Ghosts should be encouraged by all possible means. This compact invariably broke down, and all the young ladies went to sleep very soon, and got up very early. The concluding ceremony came off at twelve o'clock on the day of departure; when Miss Twinkleton, supported by Mrs.
The leap from that knowledge to the inference that Miss Twinkleton set herself to teach HER something, was easy. 'But you don't do it, soliloquised the Billickin; 'I am not your pupil, whatever she, meaning Rosa, 'may be, poor thing!
Nothing could be done without a smart match being played out. Thus, on the daily-arising question of dinner, Miss Twinkleton would say, the three being present together: 'Perhaps, my love, you will consult with the person of the house, whether she can procure us a lamb's fry; or, failing that, a roast fowl.
'Why should she be such a little tall, I mean goose, as to hate the Pyramids, Rosa? 'Ah! you should hear Miss Twinkleton, often nodding her head, and much enjoying the Lumps, 'bore about them, and then you wouldn't ask. Tiresome old burying-grounds! Isises, and Ibises, and Cheopses, and Pharaohses; who cares about them?
Crisparkle here, about to return home immediately, will no doubt kindly see Miss Twinkleton, and invite that lady to co-operate in our plan. Mr. Crisparkle, willingly accepting the commission, took his departure; Mr. Grewgious and his ward set forth on their expedition. As Mr.
For, a rush from scanty feeding to generous feeding, and from what you may call messing to what you may call method, do require a power of constitution which is not often found in youth, particular when undermined by boarding- school! It will be seen that the Billickin now openly pitted herself against Miss Twinkleton, as one whom she had fully ascertained to be her natural enemy.
'My informiation, retorted the Billickin, throwing in an extra syllable for the sake of emphasis at once polite and powerful 'my informiation, Miss Twinkleton, were my own experience, which I believe is usually considered to be good guidance.
'When I have any desire to communicate a request to the person of the house, Rosa my dear, observed Miss Twinkleton with majestic cheerfulness, 'I will make it known to you, and you will kindly undertake, I am sure, that it is conveyed to the proper quarter. 'Good-evening, Miss, said the Billickin, at once affectionately and distantly.
You haven't got polished leather boots on, pouting, with one shoulder raised. 'Perhaps that might escape the notice of the girls, even if they did see me, remarks Edwin, looking down at his boots with a sudden distaste for them. 'Nothing escapes their notice, sir. And then I know what would happen. Hark! Miss Twinkleton. I'll ask for leave.
What had once, and at no remote period, been called, even by the erudite Miss Twinkleton herself, 'the half; but what was now called, as being more elegant, and more strictly collegiate, 'the term, would expire to-morrow. A noticeable relaxation of discipline had for some few days pervaded the Nuns' House.
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