laws alone swamp our small staff. Vanity was a vice not just to be deprecated, but effectively strangled at birth. There were two school-mistresses, one of whom—Miss Klegg—might have been a first cousin to Miss Miniver, she had so many Miniver traits; there was a preoccupied girl whose name Ann Veronica never learned, but who worked remarkably well; and Miss Garvice, who began by attracting her very greatly— she moved so beautifully—and ended by giving her the impression that moving beautifully was the beginning and end of her being. "Sir Rowland must be gone. "Stop thief!" clamoured the rabble behind. "Weigh anchor, Van!" he shouted to the skipper, "and consult your despatches. “Couldn’t we three go out and have some coffee somewhere? The thought of that drawing-room paralyses me. Marines. “Who on earth did you study violin with?” Michelle jumped in. ‘What is it?’ asked Roding.