A Sweet Girl Graduate by L. T. Meade
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know by and by they must pay back."
"Oh, yes," said Priscilla, starting forward and a flush coming into her face. "I know that-- that is what it is for. To pay back worthily-- to give back a thousandfold what you have received. Those girls can't be idle, can they?" she added in a gentle, piteous sort of way. "My dear, there have been several such girls at St. Benet's, and none of them has been idle; they have been best and first among our students. Many of them have done more than well-- many of them have brought fame to St. Benet's. They are in the world now and earning honorable livelihoods as teachers or in other departments where cultivated women can alone take the field. These girls are all paying back a thousandfold those who have helped them." "Yes," said Prissie. "You would like to follow their example?" "Oh, yes; please tell me about them." "Some of them were like you and thought they would take up everything-- everything I mean in the scholastic line. They filled their days with lectures and studied into the short hours of the night. Maggie, dear, please tell Miss Peel about Good-night and Good-morning." "They were such a funny pair," said Maggie. "They had rooms next to each other in our corridor, Miss Peel. They were both studying for a |
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