: Three Girls from School by Meade L T Tarrant Percy Illustrator - Boarding schools England Juvenile fiction; Girls Conduct of life Juvenile fiction

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ing after a minute or two." Just then Parker tapped at the door.

"Shall I let her in?" whispered Mabel.

In reply to this, Annie herself went to the door, unlocked it, and flung it wide-open.

"Come in, Parker; come in," she said.

"Why, what is the matter with you, Miss Brooke?" said that astute woman.

"A great deal," replied Annie. "I have got to go home at once; my cousin, Mr Saxon, has come to fetch me. My dear, dear uncle is--is dying. He has been as a father to me. I must leave by the midnight train."

"So I heard downstairs," said Parker, putting on a certain sympathetic manner and trying to penetrate beneath Annie's apparent grief. "I will pack your things for you, of course, Miss Brooke; you need have no trouble on that score. I came up here to offer my services. What dress will you wear travelling, miss?"

"Oh, my dark-blue serge will be best; but it doesn't matter," said Annie.

"I will put in some of the pretty things you wore while you were here, miss," said Parker. "I know her ladyship would wish it. I don't suppose your trunks will quite hold them all, but I can get in a good many."

"Thank you, Parker; I don't care about them now. I am in dreadful trouble about dear uncle."

"Of course you must be, miss; but I am sure we are all sorry to lose you, for you do manage her ladyship in the most wonderful way, and I will say that you are as unselfish and pleasant-spoken a young lady as ever I came across. You will find the dresses and other things useful some time, miss, so I will get as many as ever I can into your trunks." Annie murmured something. She would love to keep her pretty dresses; they would be effective at school. She could think of school and her appearance there, and the looks of envy of her companions even at this supreme moment.

"Then I will go and pack at once," said Parker, preparing to leave the room.

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