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CHAPTER XII MISS RENNSDALE ACCEPTS
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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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