"Miss Martin's" was a school at which this girl had been before she came to Bush House.
"I can't think why on earth you left her," said Eleanor.
"Well, this is nearer home for one thing, and the masters are better here, certainly.

But she did take such care of us.

It wasn't everlasting backaches, and headaches, and coughs, and pains in your side all along.
And when the weather got hot (and it was a very warm summer when I was there), and she found we got sleepy at work after dinner, and had headaches in the afternoon, she said she thought we had better have a scrap meal in the middle of the day, and dine in the cool of the evening; and so we used to have cold rice-pudding or thick bread-and-butter, such as we should have had for tea, or anything there was, and tumblers of water, at one, and at half-past five we used to wash and dress; and then at six, just when we were getting done up with the heat and work, and yet cool enough to eat, we had dinner.

I can tell you a good fat roast leg of mutton looked all right then! It cured all our headaches, and we worked twice as well, both at midday work and at getting lessons ready for next day after dinner.

I know----" "Tais-toi, Lucy!" hissed Peony through her teeth.