Autobiographical notes . Chapter ATTICS. MISS DAWSON had some trouble inkeeping the attention of her youngpupils during the following morningslessons. Henry would put, Dash, debtor toDash, at the head of his addition sums; Kittygave little jumps and excited squeals whenevershe could find the slightest reason for so doing;Dorothy gazed dreamily out of the window, and THE ATTICS. 21 repeated her lessons in a sing-song voice ; Bettyfidgeted with her feet, pushed back her chair,sighed, and rumpled her hair; and the sedateGwendoline was caught writing Miss Ather-ton all over her grammar book
Autobiographical notes . Chapter ATTICS. MISS DAWSON had some trouble inkeeping the attention of her youngpupils during the following morningslessons. Henry would put, Dash, debtor toDash, at the head of his addition sums; Kittygave little jumps and excited squeals whenevershe could find the slightest reason for so doing;Dorothy gazed dreamily out of the window, and THE ATTICS. 21 repeated her lessons in a sing-song voice ; Bettyfidgeted with her feet, pushed back her chair,sighed, and rumpled her hair; and the sedateGwendoline was caught writing Miss Ather-ton all over her grammar book. Dinner was a trying ordeal, and seemed dread-fully long. There was such a rush for theattics that Kitty ran off with her feeder on,and nobody thought about tidying the lessonbooks. They were all scrambling up the atticstairs, when Nurse opened the door below them,which had just been hastily slammed. Come down at once and put away every-thing in the schoolroom, she said ; ^ and, Kitty,take off your bib and put it in the
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