CHAPTER V 63
" Is he a good man?"
" He is a clergyman, and is said to do a great deal of good." " Did you say that tall lady was called Miss Temple?" " Yes." " And what are the other teachers called?"
" The one with red cheeks is called Miss Smith; she attends to the work, and cuts out-- for we make our own clothes, our frocks, and pelisses, and everything; the little one with black hair is Miss Scatcherd; she teaches history and grammar, and hears the second class repetitions; and the one who wears a shawl, and has a pocket-handkerchief tied to her side with a yellow ribband, is Madame Pierrot: she comes from Lisle, in France, and teaches French."
" Do you like the teachers?" " Well enough."
" Do you like the little black one, and the Madame-?-- I cannot pronounce her name as you do."
" Miss Scatcherd is hasty-- you must take care not to offend her; Madame Pierrot is not a bad sort of person."
" But Miss Temple is the best-- isn ' t she?"
" Miss Temple is very good and very clever; she is above the rest, because she knows far more than they do."
" Have you been long here?" " Two years."