The Lessons of Miss Scatcherd

At first, being little accustomed to learn by heart, the lessons appeared to me both long and difficult. The frequent change from task to task, too, bewildered me. I was glad when about three o'clock in the afternoon, miss smith put into my hands a border of muslin two yards long, together with needle, thimble, et cetera,. She sent me to sit in a quiet corner of the schoolroom with directions to hem the same. At that hour, most of the others were sewing likewise. But one class still stood round miss scatcherd's cair reading. It was english history among the readers. A chapter having been read through twice,

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