Vashti's Fate — page 115: what you’re looking at

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° - =< < “> . . , Se - e 7 ® A 4 oe 2 4 * Ye. o Cy wea peg oy wo iy: 4 * A) ‘*T might have known you would show no more spirit than 110 DISCUSSION ON BOARDING-SCHOOLS. ‘If you would only try a little harder to please your aunt, dear.” | The girl bit her lip. She considered Aunt Margery very hard to please, but she said, with an attempt at good humor: ‘‘Well, well, when I come back from Laurel Hill, we will see about that.” | ‘Vashti, couldn’t you give it up? We will have any teacher you want here.” “‘Give it up, now! after such a battle for the privilege of going? No, indeed, mamma, I can't dothat. I intend to set right about my arrangements for going. Come, Nora.” “Mamma, sister,” said Nora, coming cut of a corner where she had sat silent for the mee part during this lengthy discussion, ‘‘I think I won't go.” ‘‘Won’'t go where?” exclaimed Vashti, turning back, as she was leaving the room. ‘T think I won’t go to Laurel Hill.” ‘‘Not go to Laurel Hill!” cried Vashti again. ‘‘ Why, what do you mean? I thought you were as anxious to go as I.” ‘‘T should like to go, but I think un Margery knows best ; and so I am going to give it up.” “Oh, that is it, is it, Prudence?” said her sister, angrily. a that. Well, you can do as you please; I am going.” Vashti went out of the room, slamming the door after her, and Nora, laying her head on Mrs, Everleigh’s shoul- der, said : : | ‘‘T am sorry Vashti is angry; and I did want to go very much; but, after all you and Aunt Margery said, I thought it would not be right; and you know I am trying to be good now.”