The Governess; Or, The Little Female Academy — John Shaqi
The Governess; Or, The Little Female AcademyFielding, Sarah
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The Governess; Or, The Little Female Academy
Fielding, Sarah
Didactic fiction; Girls' schools -- Fiction; Governesses -- Fiction; School children -- Fiction; Schools -- Fiction
MISS JENNY. Upon my word, my dear, I don’t mean to vex you; but only,
instead of tormenting yourself all night in laying plots to revenge
yourself, I would have you employ this one night in thinking of what I
have said. Nothing will show your sense so much, as to own that you have
been in the wrong. Nor will anything prove a right spirit so much as
to confess your fault. All the misses will be your friends, and perhaps
follow your example. Then you will have the pleasure of having caused
the quiet of the whole school; your governess will love you; and you
will be at peace in your mind, and never have any more foolish quarrels,
in which you all get nothing but blows and uneasiness.
Miss Sukey began now to find, that Miss Jenny was in the right, and she
herself in the wrong; but yet she was so proud she would not own it.
Nothing could be so foolish as this pride; because it would have been
both good and wise in her to confess the truth the moment she saw it.
However, Miss Jenny was so discreet as not to press her any farther that
night; but begged her to consider seriously on what she had said, and to
let her know her thoughts the next morning and then left her.
When Miss Sukey was alone she stood some time in great confusion. She
could not help seeing how much hitherto she had been in the wrong; and
that thought stung her to the heart. She cried, stamped, and was in as
great an agony as if some sad misfortune had befallen her. At last, when
she had somewhat vented her passion by tears, she burst forth into the
following speech:
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