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Discipline
prevailed
:
in
five
minutes
the
confused
throng
was
resolved
into
order
,
and
comparative
silence
quelled
the
Babel
clamour
of
tongues
.
The
upper
teachers
now
punctually
resumed
their
posts
:
but
still
,
all
seemed
to
wait
.
Ranged
on
benches
down
the
sides
of
the
room
,
the
eighty
girls
sat
motionless
and
erect
;
a
quaint
assemblage
they
appeared
,
all
with
plain
locks
combed
from
their
faces
,
not
a
curl
visible
;
in
brown
dresses
,
made
high
and
surrounded
by
a
narrow
tucker
about
the
throat
,
with
little
pockets
of
holland
(
shaped
something
like
a
Highlander
's
purse
)
tied
in
front
of
their
frocks
,
and
destined
to
serve
the
purpose
of
a
work-bag
:
all
,
too
,
wearing
woollen
stockings
and
country-made
shoes
,
fastened
with
brass
buckles
.
Above
twenty
of
those
clad
in
this
costume
were
full-grown
girls
,
or
rather
young
women
;
it
suited
them
ill
,
and
gave
an
air
of
oddity
even
to
the
prettiest
.
I
was
still
looking
at
them
,
and
also
at
intervals
examining
the
teachers
--
none
of
whom
precisely
pleased
me
;
for
the
stout
one
was
a
little
coarse
,
the
dark
one
not
a
little
fierce
,
the
foreigner
harsh
and
grotesque
,
and
Miss
Miller
,
poor
thing
!
looked
purple
,
weather-beaten
,
and
over-worked
--
when
,
as
my
eye
wandered
from
face
to
face
,
the
whole
school
rose
simultaneously
,
as
if
moved
by
a
common
spring
.
What
was
the
matter
?
I
had
heard
no
order
given
:
I
was
puzzled
.
Ere
I
had
gathered
my
wits
,
the
classes
were
again
seated
:
but
as
all
eyes
were
now
turned
to
one
point
,
mine
followed
the
general
direction
,
and
encountered
the
personage
who
had
received
me
last
night
.
She
stood
at
the
bottom
of
the
long
room
,
on
the
hearth
;
for
there
was
a
fire
at
each
end
;
she
surveyed
the
two
rows
of
girls
silently
and
gravely
.
Miss
Miller
approaching
,
seemed
to
ask
her
a
question
,
and
having
received
her
answer
,
went
back
to
her
place
,
and
said
aloud
--
"
Monitor
of
the
first
class
,
fetch
the
globes
!
"
While
the
direction
was
being
executed
,
the
lady
consulted
moved
slowly
up
the
room
.
I
suppose
I
have
a
considerable
organ
of
veneration
,
for
I
retain
yet
the
sense
of
admiring
awe
with
which
my
eyes
traced
her
steps
.
Seen
now
,
in
broad
daylight
,
she
looked
tall
,
fair
,
and
shapely
;
brown
eyes
with
a
benignant
light
in
their
iris
,
and
a
fine
pencilling
of
long
lashes
round
,
relieved
the
whiteness
of
her
large
front
;
on
each
of
her
temples
her
hair
,
of
a
very
dark
brown
,
was
clustered
in
round
curls
,
according
to
the
fashion
of
those
times
,
when
neither
smooth
bands
nor
long
ringlets
were
in
vogue
;
her
dress
,
also
in
the
mode
of
the
day
,
was
of
purple
cloth
,
relieved
by
a
sort
of
Spanish
trimming
of
black
velvet
;
a
gold
watch
(
watches
were
not
so
common
then
as
now
)
shone
at
her
girdle
.
Let
the
reader
add
,
to
complete
the
picture
,
refined
features
;
a
complexion
,
if
pale
,
clear
;
and
a
stately
air
and
carriage
,
and
he
will
have
,
at
least
,
as
clearly
as
words
can
give
it
,
a
correct
idea
of
the
exterior
of
Miss
Temple
--
Maria
Temple
,
as
I
afterwards
saw
the
name
written
in
a
prayer-book
intrusted
to
me
to
carry
to
church
.
The
superintendent
of
Lowood
(
for
such
was
this
lady
)
having
taken
her
seat
before
a
pair
of
globes
placed
on
one
of
the
tables
,
summoned
the
first
class
round
her
,
and
commenced
giving
a
lesson
on
geography
;
the
lower
classes
were
called
by
the
teachers
:
repetitions
in
history
,
grammar
,
etc.
,
went
on
for
an
hour
;
writing
and
arithmetic
succeeded
,
and
music
lessons
were
given
by
Miss
Temple
to
some
of
the
elder
girls
.
The
duration
of
each
lesson
was
measured
by
the
clock
,
which
at
last
struck
twelve
.
The
superintendent
rose
--
"
I
have
a
word
to
address
to
the
pupils
,
"
said
she
.
The
tumult
of
cessation
from
lessons
was
already
breaking
forth
,
but
it
sank
at
her
voice
.
She
went
on
--
"
You
had
this
morning
a
breakfast
which
you
could
not
eat
;
you
must
be
hungry
:
--
I
have
ordered
that
a
lunch
of
bread
and
cheese
shall
be
served
to
all
.
"
