Eyebright [MP3 CD] [Jan 01, 2018] Susan COOLIDGE (1835 - 1905)

IDB Productions, 2018-01-01. MP3 CD. New. CHAPTER I.</br></br></br></br>LADY JANE AND LORD GUILDFORD.</br></br></br></br>"THE FALCON"</br></br>"THE FALCON"</br></br>It wanted but five minutes to twelve in Miss Fitch's schoolroom, and a general restlessness showed that her scholars were aware of the fact. Some of the girls had closed their books, and were putting their desks to rights, with a good deal of unnecessary fuss, keeping an eye on the clock meanwhile. The boys wore the air of dogs who see their master coming to untie them; they jumped and quivered, making the benches squeak and rattle, and shifted their feet about on the uncarpeted floor, producing sounds of the kind most trying to a nervous teacher. A general expectation prevailed. Luckily, Miss Fitch was not nervous. She had that best of all gifts for teaching,