She said as little as possible and endeavored to avoid the others’ attention, for she was already learning how poor Miss Mathers must have felt when each day either Miss Ross or Mlle. Clary managed to delegate one of their own duties. This morning it was Mademoiselle who imposed upon her by requesting her to take some of her pupils for an airing in the park. In the face of Miss Hart’s silence on the matter, Leonie had no option but to acquiesce, and shortly after ten she escorted the small party across Park Lane and through the park gates. The fog had lifted and the weak winter sun shone down from an ice-blue sky. For once she found herself free of the barbed remarks of some of the pupils in her temporary charge, for they were far too excited about the news that there was now a thin layer of Ice on the Thames. Their talk was therefore almost solely about frost fairs, and their chances of maybe persuading relatives to take them. Returning to the seminary afterward, Leonie noticed a handsome dark red carriage drawn up at the curb.
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