Chapter 30 - (VERSO)
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lagged and grew indifferent. Teacher and taught were alike glad when the term was ended and the glad vacation days stretched (begin subscript)^(end subscript)(begin superscript)rosily(end superscript) before them.
“But you’ve done good work this past year,” Miss Stacy told them on the last evening, “and you deserve a good, jolly vacation. Have the best time you can in the out-of-door world and lay in a good stock of health and vitality and ambition to carry you through next year.” M17
“Are you going to be back next year, Miss Stacy?” asked Josie Pye.
Josie Pye never scrupled to ask questions; in this instance the rest of the class felt grateful to her; none of them would have dared to ask Miss Stacy but all wanted to, for there had been alarming rumors rumours
LMM Notes
LMM Note M17
It will be the tug of war, you know – the last year before the Entrance.