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A Few More Lessons
adapted from Agnes Grey
by Anne Bronte
I found my pupils very backward, indeed. Tom, though averse to every species of mental exertion, was not without abilities.
Mary Ann could scarcely read a word. She was so careless and inattentive that I could hardly get on with her at all. However, by
dint of great labor and patience, I managed to get something done in the morning, and then accompanied my young charge out
into the garden and adjacent grounds for a little recreation before dinner. There we got along tolerably together, except that I four
they had no notion of going with me. I must go with them, wherever they chose to lead me. I must run, walk, or stand, exactly as
suited their fancy. This, I thought, was reversing the order of things. I found it doubly disagreeable, as on this as well as
subsequent occasions, they seemed to prefer the dirtiest places and the most dismal occupations. But there was no remedy
Either I must follow them, or keep entirely apart from them, and thus appear neglectful of my charge.
Today, they manifested an attachment to a well at the bottom of the lawn, where they persisted in dabbling with sticks and
pebbles for above half an hour. I was in constant fear that their mother would see them from the window, and blame me for