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afraid that Miss Haines would make me stay there that I was perfectly miserable, however when it was finally decided that I should stay in the first, we all had a grand time + I was cheered + congratulated on all sides; It was really very nice to have the girls so glad. It was very hard getting up at 6 o'clock, + as I never heard the bell, Jessie Perkins used to come + call me. Prayers + breakfast continued till eight, we walked till nine, when school opened. Miss Leclere's lessons were splendid; I never in either Europe or America saw classes so well drilled; but mercy, we had to have our wits about us. I sat next her at table; several of the girls who had been to Europe spoke French well, but all made more mistakes