The Burning of the Convent a Narrative of the Destruction By a Mob of the Ursu
The Burning of the Convent a Narrative of the Destruction By a Mob of the Ursu
Louisa Goddard Whitney
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I was in high spirits, feeling somewhat in this way : as I could not go home unless I was dressed, it ought to follow that if I ivas dressed I should go home. " Darling Bella " now called Mary awaj r, and I, left alone, began to Pas le Basque down the school-room, in great sweeps from side to side. But my heart reproached me for its own lightness when I suddenly heard the sound of sobbing, and presently noticed that the cover of one of the desks was raised, and that the sobs came from be- hind ...it. It was under shelter of the lids of our desks that we did our crying at school, and it w r as not considered etiquette to notice any one whose head was hidden in that way. But I ventured to approach this time, and offer consolation in school- girl fashion, — by putting my arm round the 9G THE BURNING OF TIIE CONVENT. shoulders, shaken with sobs, laying my cheek as close to the cheek of the afflicted one as her pocket-handkerchief would allow, and murmuring words of comfort. To be sure she was a stranger to me, but I felt quite hurt when she suddenly turned her back upon me, jerked me away with her sharp elbow, and muttered, " Do let me alone, you !" I looked at her "particular friend, " who sat near, with a dejected countenance.
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