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MISS LADD'S DRAWING-MASTER.
Francine was awakened the next morning by one of the housemaids, bringing up her breakfast on a tray.

Astonished at this concession to laziness, in an institution devoted to the practice of all virtues, she looked round.

The bedroom was deserted.
"The other young ladies are as busy as bees, miss," the housemaid explained.

"They were up and dressed two hours ago: and the breakfast has been cleared away long since.