2/14 "Wonna she, Johnnie ?" "Ay wull she," answered Johnnie, following his leader with confidence. The poor little heart was used to sinking now. But she said nothing, resolved, if possible, to avoid all occasion for "getting it." Not another word was spoken before they reached the school, the door of which was not yet open. A good many boys and a few girls were assembled, waiting for the master, and filling the lane, at the end of which the school stood, with the sound of voices fluctuating through a very comprehensive scale. In general the school-door was opened a few minutes before the master's arrival, but on this occasion no one happened to have gone to his house to fetch the key, and the scholars had therefore to wait in the street. |