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had been taught to tell right from wrong, the same right from the same wrong, and nobody seemed to doubt the propriety of his own intentions an attitude * which the French ^know & take for granted as the American disease of chronic exaltation.

Chapter Three The new world which I entered just before my fifteenth birthday was designated as as an excellent boarding school for girls, situated in the Berkshire Hills. It only accepted ^only sixty-five girls and it was very strict. We wore uniforms, blue serge "Peter Thompsons" in the daytime and white crêpe de chine shirtwaists and skirts for dinner. After dinner, we assembled once again in the schoolroom for evening study hour which ended with a passage from the Bible recited in unison. I will life up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help; my help cometh from the Lord which made heaven and earth. Or: Who can find a virtuous