It is very easy to get arepputation for pride in
Blair Water school.
Youre awful ugly, said a fat, squat little miss,
nearly as broadas she was long.
She did not want to go to school in Blair Water.
The looking-glasses are all toohigh up in the rooms Ive been in. Chestnut-curls felt
herself compelled toanswer it. Emily thought it was hardly good
manners.
I wish I could have a bang but Aunt Elizabeth will
nothear of it.
Of all the sillyfashions that have come in
nowadays, bangs are the silliest. Nobody would ever come across them there. An old
sheet of cardboard served as a desk; she began to writefeverishly. Delighted at her
success in drawing blood the curled onetried again.
Please, Aunt Laura, it would be a SIN to burn those
letter-bills.
Please, Aunt Laura, it would be a SIN to burn those
letter-bills.
Emily was rather glad when the bell
rang.
I saw Dr Burnley yesterday when he came over to buy
some eggs fromAunt Elizabeth. Everybody in theconnection has taken a spell hunting
for the diamond.
She was tall, oddly dressed in anoverlong dress of
faded, striped print, and barefooted.
Fred Clifford began tobuild that house thirty years
ago. Emily, who should have been doing a sum in long division, droppedher pencil and
listened entranced.
He was to be married and hislady picked out the
plan. I filled a whole letter-bill with it and thenI ran and read it to Aunt
Laura.
Youcan say what you like about me but you are not
going to INSULT MYFAMILY.
Fred had a bit of Shipley in him,too, you
see.
Ihear her now singing up on the roof around the big
chimneys.
We are bothgoing to pray that we may live together
all our lives and die thesame day.
Oh, just look at the baby apron, laughed another
girl, with ahead of chestnut curls.
And Aunt Laura slips in acooky or an apple turnover
when Aunt Elizabeths back is turned.
Aunt Elizabeth told meI ought to try to be like
Anzonetta.