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Alma had talked so eagerly and the girls had listened so intently, that
nobody was aware that Sister Angela had returned to the room until she
stepped forward and said:
"Alma Lier, I'm ashamed of you. Go back to your bed, miss, this very
minute."
The other girls crept away and I half covered my face with my
bed-clothes, but Alma stood up to Sister Angela and answered her back.
"Go to bed yourself, and don't speak to me like that, or you'll pay for
your presumption."
"Pay? Presumption? You insolent thing, you are corrupting the whole
school and are an utter disgrace to it. I warned you that I would tell
the Reverend Mother what you are and now I've a great mind to do it."
"Do it. I dare you to do it. Do it to-night, and to-morrow morning _I_
will do something."
"What will you do, you brazen hussy?" said Sister Angela, but I could
see that her lip was trembling.
"Never mind what. If I'm a hussy I'm not a hypocrite, and as for
corrupting the school, and being a disgrace to it, I'll leave the
Reverend Mother to say who is doing that.


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