Without more ado, she commanded the children to take their seats and began a mock school day. Miss Baldwin was at first scarcely interested in the children. Soon, however, she was struck by Maud’s imitation of her own expressions. Was it conscious or unconscious? She could scarcely tell. Would Maud dare to mock her in her presence? She was not sure as to that. At any rate she decided to study the situation, realizing that after this noon time she need not again say: “O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us.” Maud passed along the seats making faultfinding comments as she went. “Laura, turn round,” she said, with exactly the touch of impatience which Miss Baldwin herself would display. “No indeed!” she answered to one who asked permission to speak, with exactly the amount of sarcasm Miss Baldwin herself used on similar occasions. Maud rapped on her desk, and looked around frowning and shaking her head as a signal to be more quiet—Miss Baldwin, unmistakably. She tapped the bell for the children to stand together, and stamped her foot as she told them to sit because some lagged. “Whoever fails to get up this time may stay in at recess,” she announced, with Miss Baldwin’s own expression of irritation. For half an hour this went on. Maud scolded and sneered, stamped her foot and found fault while Miss Baldwin listened with varying feelings. At first she decided to stop Maud and punish her. Yet she considered that her explanation of the reason for her punishment might be hard to make satisfactory. Her second thought was to study the situation in order to ascertain whether the other children considered it merely a joke on their teacher. They seemed not to do so. Her next thought was of shame as she realized the atmosphere created by her attitude toward the pupils as shown by Maud. She therefore resolved to let the matter pass without criticism, but meanwhile to profit by the picture given her of herself as teacher. This resolve she kept, and as she learned to be patient, she saw less and less need for impatience.