THE GIRL’S OWNPAPER
Vol. XX.—No. 999.]
[Price One Penny.
FEBRUARY 18, 1899.
[Transcriber’s Note: This Table of Contents was not present in the original.]
LINNÆA; THE STORY OF A FRIENDSHIP.
A DREAM OF FAIR SERVICE.
“OUR HERO.”
EXERCISE: IN MODERATION.
THINGS IN SEASON, IN MARKET AND KITCHEN.
FROCKS FOR TO-MORROW.
ABOUT PEGGY SAVILLE.
OUR LILY GARDEN.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
SAMBO PENWIPERS AND HOW TO MAKE THEM.
LINNÆA; THE STORY OF A FRIENDSHIP.
“‘GIRLS, I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TO YOU IF YOU WILL LISTEN.’”
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CHAPTER IV.
Next evening the girls were gathered as usualin the small schoolroom. They were allowedan hour to themselves after preparation andbefore prayers. This was their own hour, andmany and various were the occupations andrecreations indulged in then. There was atiny room adjoining the schoolroom, wherenow and then a studious pupil would goat this hour to continue study. To-night itwas occupied by Linnæa alone. Throughoutthe day her set, white face had kept all at adistance; no one dared address her, indeed,no one had anything to say that would softenthe blow of yesterday’s revelation, no excuseto offer, no explanation to make.
The face which had been changing intosomething almost attractive during the lastweek, had again undergone a complete change—butwas it back to the old indifference?No—something had been aroused that wouldnever again lie dormant—if she could not love,then she would hate, and the glitter in hereyes showed only too plainly that hatred hadtaken the place of dawning love.
Gwendoline was not of their number thatnight. She too was changed; so muchchanged as to be almost unrecognisable. She,the queen of the school, whose will was law,and whose opinion was sought upon everyquestion, had been to-day the quietest andmost subdued of them all.
Things had not turned out as the girls