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208 who so well understood how to develope such excellent dispositions. But every human triumph must have its end, and even this eventful morning drew to a close. The visitors adjourned to the saloon to partake the light refreshment of an elegant looking luncheon, and the children gladly gathered round a table covered with good things of a more substantial order. After dinner was concluded, Mrs. Cameron, whose other visiters were by that time dispersed, came to do the honours of the dessert, which was this day plentifully allotted to the school girls; she helped them herself to wine and fruit, expressing her great satisfaction at the way in which everything had gone off. "You must now, all of you, keep very quiet till the evening, that you may be able to enjoy yourselves. Dancing will begin at eight o'clock."

She rose from the table, but when she reached the door, turned round, and again thanked the young ladies for their exertions, "and it were injustice, Miss Beaumont, to pass you over without