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see them back, and to hear such favourable
accounts of their young brother's improve-
ment; and they quickly settled down to their
studies again. Of the ensuing weeks little
remains to be said. School life is usually
monotonous enough, and that of the Hamil-
tons, after the foregoing occurrences, proved
no exception to the general rule. In process
of time Christmas arrived, and once more the
children were enjoying the pleasures and
sympathies of home. But these we may leave
to the reader's imagination, as their various
occupations and amusements were much like
those of other girls.