A Mere Interlude

The schoolmistress assured her landlady that she could return the sentiment. lsquo;But here comes my perplexity, she said. lsquo;I dont like keeping school. Ah, you are surprised--you didnt suspect it. Thats because Ive concealed my feeling. Well, I simply hate school. I dont care for children-- they are unpleasant, troublesome little things, whom nothing would delight so much as to hear that you had fallen down dead. Yet I would even put up with them if it was not for the inspector. For three months before his visit I didnt sleep soundly. And the Committee of Council are always changing the Code, so that you dont know what to teach, and what to leave untaught. I think father and mother are right. They say I shall never excel as a schoolmistress if I dislike the work so, and that therefore I ought to get settled by marrying Mr Heddegan. Between us two, I like him better than school; but I dont like him quite so much as to wish to marry him.