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The Priceless Pearl
The Priceless Pearl

"Except," said Pearl, "that I'm not efficient like you, and not very good at mathematics."

 

"You were efficient in the way you ran the junior ball," said Augusta.

 

"Everyone said----"

 

A spasm of amusement crossed Pearl's face.

 

"Did I never tell you about that?" she said. "I vamped the senior at Amherst who had run theirs, and he not only gave me all the dope but he did most of my work. I was a mine of information. But that isn't efficiency."

 

"I disagree with you," said Augusta.

 

The more she thought of this idea, the more it seemed to her perfect. There had always been a kind of magic about Pearl, and wasn't magic the highest form of human efficiency? It was not breaking one's word to substitute a better article than that contracted for. To send Pearl in her place would be keeping her word doubly. She saw Pearl charming Antonia, dazzling the boy, setting all the Conway household to rights by ways peculiarly her own.

 

"But perhaps they won't want Pearl," said Horace. "I mean----"

 

"They won't have any choice," said the two girls together.

 

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  • Interesting updates. <br />So Pearl is going in place of Augusta as the governess. Then, is Anthony the hero?<br />Looking fwd to read (y)

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