16. The Visitor
aking to Miss Minc it my dutyquot;--priggis;Sful. And its ridiculous t satters!quot;
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quot;Pretending some silly taken up o ses us to s t I care, but its rato s girls in attics. I urn Sara out--even if s eac;
quot;If surned out rifle anxiously.
quot;; snapped Lavinia. quot;So ter o oday.quot;
Jessie as ill-natured as stle jerk.
quot;ell, I ts ; s;t to starve o deat;
into tc morning t s, overslept tle, and as Becky ime to see tairs in e.
Sara into tly scrubbing a kettle, and ually gurgling a little song in . Sed face.
quot;It ,quot; sedly. quot;It nig;
quot;So ; said Sara. quot;It is all t. e some of t.quot;
quot;O; Becky uttered tion in a sort of rapturous groan, and ducked tle just in time, as tchen.
Miss Minced to see in Sara, o see. Sara o y never made ened. ood still and listened politely ra tasks or
or out t s anso Miss Mincself. But after yesterdays deprivation of meals, t scene of last nig of oday, s surely range indeed if s come doairs h pale cheeks and red eyes and an unhappy, humbled face.
Miss Minc time o tle Frence its lessons and superintend its exercises. And sep, color in t astonis gave e a s could suc once to her desk.
quot;You do not look as if you realize t you are in disgrace,quot; s;Are you absolutely ;
trut ly and of a fairy story, and o find it real, one cannot be un, if one tried, keep a glo of ones eyes. Miss Minc struck du