66 THE COUSINS.

CHAPTER V.
FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL.

Wx must begin a new chapter, for we are going
to describe a very important event in Mary Mow-
pray’s life. The first day at school! what girl
does not remember it—does not recollect how her
heart sank within her, as father, or mother, or
friend, left her there alone with strangers. So
felt Mary, when, about a fortnight after her arrival
in New York, her Aunt Lovett left her at Mrs.
Butler’s school with her Cousin Lucy.

‘‘ With her Cousin Lucy !” my readers exc.aim;
‘why, then, she was not alone.” Ah! but I
doubt whether Mary found much comfort. from
the presence of Cousin Lucy. If, from want of
acquaintance with the rules of a school, or want
of education, she should commit any error, Mary