You understand, now?
One, two, three--seven altogether, that is quite enough.

Those seven will wait in the room at four o'clock till the others have all gone.

Now I will give the first class their sums." The afternoon passed Very slowly to teacher and pupils alike.

When the clock struck four, work was put away with more than the usual noise and hurry.

Miss Rutherford seemed for a time to be on the point of making some new address to the school before the children departed, but eventually she decided to keep silence, and the dismissal was got over as quickly as possible.