11/33 Never before or since have I heard such merciless words as she dealt us out. My hair stands on end still when I recollect the horrors I underwent that day." "I'll smuggle in a dictionary," declared Mr.Moulton. "I'll be ready for her." "No use. She never runs twice in the same groove. It's only sure not to be a spelling bee this time." "When we last went there it turned out to be a French _soiree_," said one of the Misses Dexter, "and she announced that there would be a penny's fine collected at the end of the evening for each English word spoken." "Proceeds to go to a lately imported poor family," added the sister Dexter. |