sMillerhadtakenherplacebymyside.WhenIagainunyeyes,aloudbellwasringing;thegirlswereupanddressing;dayhadbeguntodawn,andarushlightortwoburheroom.Itooroserelutly;itwasbittercold,andIdressedaswellasIcouldforshivering,andwashedwhentherewasabasinatliberty,whichdidnotoccursoon,astherewasbutonebasintosixgirls,oandsdownthemiddleoftheroom.Againthebellrang:allformediwoandtwo,andinthatorderdesdedthestairsaeredthecoldanddimlylitschoolroom:hereprayerswerereadbyMissMiller;afterwardsshecalledout—

    “Formclasses!”

    Agreattumultsucceededforsomeminutes,duringwhichMissMillerrepeatedlyexclaimed,“Silence!”and“Order!”Whenitsubsided,Isawthemalldrawnupinfoursemicircles,beforefourchairs,placedatthefourtables;allheldbooksintheirhands,andagreatbook,likeaBible,layoable,beforethevatseat.Apauseofsomesedssucceeded,filledupbythelow,vaguehumofnumbers;MissMillerwalkedfromclasstoclass,hushingthisindefinitesound.

    Adistainkled:immediatelythreeladieseheroom,eachwalkedtoatableandtookherseat.MissMillerassumedthefourthvatchair,whichwasthathedoor,andaroundwhichthesmallestofthechildrenwereassembled:tothisinferiorclassIwascalled,andplacedatthebottomofit.

    Businessnowbegan,theday’sCollecteated,theaisofScriptureweresaid,andtothesesucceededaprotractedreadingofchaptersintheBible,whichlastedanhour.Bythetimethatexercisewasterminated,dayhadfullydawheiigablebellnowsoundedforthefourthtime:theclassesweremarshalledandmarchedintoanotherroomtobreakfast:howgladIwastobeholdaprospectofgettingsomethi!Iwasnownearly