You know our under nursery-maid is a Cocksmoor girl." "Well, mamma said she could not think how Miss May could take one from thence.

The whole place is full of thieves, and do you know, Bessie Boulder has lost her gold pencil-case." "Has she ?" said Flora.
"And she had it on Sunday when she was teaching her class." "Oh!" cried Ethel vehemently; "surely she does not suspect any of those poor children!" "I only know such a thing never happened at school before," said Fanny, "and I shall never take anything valuable there again." "But is she sure she lost it at school ?" "Oh, yes, quite certain.

She will not accuse any one, but it is not comfortable.

And how those children do behave at church!" "Poor things! they have been sadly neglected," said Flora.
"They are quite spoiling the rest, and they are such figures! Why don't you, at least, make them cut their hair?
You know it is the rule of the school." "I know, but half the girls in the first class wear it long." "Oh, yes, but those are the superior people, that one would not be strict with, and they dress it so nicely too.

Now these are like little savages." "Richard thinks it might drive them away to insist at first," said Ethel; "we will try to bring it about in time." "Well, Mrs.Ledwich is nearly resolved to insist, so you had better be warned, Ethel.