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A feeling of loyalty and affection had sprung up in herheart.
It meant more to
her to save sixpence than toearn a pound.
Ive got alot too much on my hands to
waste my time TEACHING. Sir Thomas came home very pleased with this suggestion,
whichstruck him as highly suitable.
Silence is Golden, and on the
otherPunctuality is the Politeness of Princes. Ive got alot too much on my
hands to waste my time TEACHING. She wetted her thumb andturned over three
pages: Now, do you see these three lists here?
Asfor their arithmetic, it was a
little better than the othersubjects. Probably it was very littlethat she could
do. This lot over here are the MEDIUM payers. For themost part they were not
really stupid, only dazed by a dull,mechanical rigmarole.
Heres a list of the
girlsnames that Ive got ready for you. Youll have had your supper long ago,
ofcourse?
Just so as we can put it on theprospectus.
And thesolicitor, without
even seeing Dorothy, was able to suggest a jobfor her.
The children
adoredmaking the map; they were always clamouring to be allowed to go onwith
it.
Sheherself had never read a book right through in her life, and wasproud of
it. Notthat that mattered greatly, for most of it was lies. It was appalling
that even childrencould be so ignorant. Die and leave you ten thousand quid and
care of theparrot. It looks so much better on the prospectus ifyouve got a few
letters after your name. Arent there someexercise books that want
correcting?
Copies meantcopying things out of textbooks or off the
blackboard.
The eldest ofthem might have been fifteen years old, the youngest
was hardly morethan a baby.
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