oarse,thedarkoalittlefierce,thefnerharshandgrotesque,andMissMiller,poorthing!lookedpurple,weather-beaten,andover-worked—when,asmyeyewanderedfromfacetoface,thewholeschoolrosesimultaneously,asifmovedbya.

    Whatwasthematter?Ihadheardniven:Iuzzled.EreIhadgatheredmywits,theclasseswereagaied:butasalleyeswerenowturoonepoint,minefollowedthegeneraldire,andenteredthepersonagewhohadreceivedmelastnight.Shestoodatthebottomofthelongroom,onthehearth;fortherewasafireatead;shesurveyedthetworowsofgirlssilentlyandgravely.MissMillerapproag,seemedtoaskheraquestion,andhavingreceivedheranswer,wentbacktoherpladsaidaloud—

    “Monitorofthefirstclass,fetchtheglobes!”

    Whilethedirewasbeied,theladysultedmovedslowlyuptheroom.IsupposeIhaveasiderableanofveion,forIretaihesenseofadmirihwhichmyeyestracedhersteps.Seennow,inbroaddaylight,shelookedtall,fair,andshapely;browhabenignantlightintheiririds,andafinepencillingoflonglashesround,relievedthewhitenessefront;oneachofhertemplesherhair,ofaverydarkbrown,wasclusteredinroundcurls,acctothefashionofthosetimes,whehersmoothbandsnriswereinvogue;herdress,alsointhemodeoftheday,urplecloth,relievedbyasortofSpanishtrimmingofblackvelvet;agoldwatch(watcheswerenotsoonthenasnow)shohergirdle.Letthereaderadd,topletethepicture,refiures;aplexion,ifpale,clear;andastatelyairandcarriage,andhewillhave,atleast,asclearlyaswordsgiveit,acorrectideaoftheexteriorofMissTemple—MariaTemple,asIafterwardssawtheteninaprayer-bookintrustedtometocarrytochurch.

    ThesuperinteofLowo