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tinguished by his master, behaved with
so much kindness and good humour to
his associates, that the same generous
-emulation was excited as amongst the
girls, and Charles had not a single
“enemy in the school.

Weeks and months passed away in
the acquisition of useful knowledge.
Charles could read several pages toge-
ther without spelling, and had some
‘little notion of grammar. Rosa had
already thrown aside her easy book,
and could work neater and quicker .
than any girl of her age.

“1 wish I could knit,” said Rosa
one night to Dame Morgan, as she
was just returned from school, “ oh! it
would be so nice if I could make stock-

ings.”