Mary has been packed off to school, and she is not pleased. Friday and Saturday, the first two days there, she spent in a sulk; now it is Sunday, and - well, to be honest, she's still sulking
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Master Gideon Wolfe spares a moment from chatting with the headmistress to glance around the room, beginning to familiarize himself with the faces of his new pupils.
If his mouth quirks at one corner when he catches sight of a particularly sulky, contrary girl of twelve--
Likely as not it has nothing to do with her at all.
Lottie next to her, at any rate, would never believe that a smile of Master Wolfe's could be aimed at Mary Lennox.
No - that must be all for her, and she aims an excited look at Joan across from her, as if to say, 'did you see?', though of course nothing could be said aloud at the table.
Mary rolls her eyes and saws into her chicken a little more vigorously, still determined, for her part, not to join all the eager heads craning up to look towards the new teacher - though some curiosity is beginning to battle with stubbornness, just to see exactly how silly they're all being.
It takes half the meal for Mary's curiosity to overcome her determination - and even then, she tells herself, she is only turning her head because she is waiting for someone up the table to pass the peas.
She looks away very quickly after that, because otherwise she will be staring, and that she refuses to do.
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If his mouth quirks at one corner when he catches sight of a particularly sulky, contrary girl of twelve--
Likely as not it has nothing to do with her at all.
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No - that must be all for her, and she aims an excited look at Joan across from her, as if to say, 'did you see?', though of course nothing could be said aloud at the table.
Mary rolls her eyes and saws into her chicken a little more vigorously, still determined, for her part, not to join all the eager heads craning up to look towards the new teacher - though some curiosity is beginning to battle with stubbornness, just to see exactly how silly they're all being.
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His smile broadens, and he inclines his head just slightly, perhaps to better listen to what she has to say.
Or to get a better look at the quivering pile of lapdog that is attempting to crawl under her arm.
He's usually not so shy with strangers, the headmistress says.
Master Wolfe merely smiles.
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She looks away very quickly after that, because otherwise she will be staring, and that she refuses to do.
But it can't be what she thinks!
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