[Penrod by Booth Tarkington]@TWC D-Link bookPenrod CHAPTER XII MISS RENNSDALE ACCEPTS 4/14
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Piano, please! Now then!" Miss Rennsdale, aged eight--the youngest lady in the class--and Mr. Georgie Bassett one-two-three--glided with consummate technique for the better education of Penrod Schofield.
It is possible that amber-curled, beautiful Marjorie felt that she, rather than Miss Rennsdale, might have been selected as the example of perfection--or perhaps her remark was only woman. "Stopping everybody for that boy!" said Marjorie. Penrod, across the circle from her, heard distinctly--nay, he was obviously intended to hear; but over a scorched heart he preserved a stoic front.
Whereupon Marjorie whispered derisively in the ear of her partner, Maurice Levy, who wore a pearl pin in his tie. "Again, please, everybody--ladies and gentlemen!" cried Professor Bartet.
"Mister Penrod Schofield, if you please, pay puttickly attention! Piano, please! Now then!" The lesson proceeded.
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