THE CINDERELLA FROCK. 89

to‘get the outlines of all their faces, indeed,
as some one said. And now Rovina laid aside
all suspicion, and related her many trials.
How they all laughed when she talked about |
her ugly face! Then her temptations during
that terrible month, her great struggles, her
choking back wrathful words, and her many
little triumphs. |

Lizzie had a confession to make. She
had been envious of Rovina’s high stand-
ing in the class, indeed it was in her con-
science, that she had helped to keep Rovina
looked upon as an intruder in all peaceable
sports ; many a time had she aided in really
abusing her, and she asked her forgiveness.
Louise Carl to the astonishment of everybody
confessed to more. She had absolutely been
a hypocrite, wrong stories had she told ; and
on that morning, when they all stood in the
yard together four weeks ago, and she had