Chapter 5
emerging from total and some portion of traversed, ly entered a deal tables, t eac a pair of candles, and seated all round on bencion of girls of every age, from nine or ten to ty. Seen by t of to me appeared countless, t in reality exceeding eiguff frocks of quaint fas udy; to- morroask, and t of titions.
Miss Miller signed to me to sit on a benco top of t—
“Monitors, collect t tall girls arose from different tables, and going round, gathe word of command—
“Monitors, fetcrays!”
tall girls out and returned presently, eacray, ions of somet cer and mug in tray. tions o all. came to my turn, I drank, for I y, but did not toucement and fatigue rendering me incapable of eating: I no en cake so fragments.
tairs. Overpoime iced of a place t t, like t o-nigo be Miss Miller’s bed-fellos; in ten minutes t inguis silence and complete darkness I fell asleep.
t passed rapidly. I oo tired even to dream; I only once ao s, and torrents, and to be sensible t Miss Miller aken yet begun to daoo rose reluctantly; it ter cold, and I dressed as y, one basin to six girls, on tands do order descended tairs and entered t scerwards s—
“Form classes!”
A great tumult succeeded for some minutes, during tables; all book, like a Bible, lay on eacable, before t seat. A pause of some seconds succeeded, filled up by to class, e sound.
A distant bell tinkled: immediately tered to a table and took . Miss Miller assumed t c nearest t of to t