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d not digest or prehend the serious or substantial。

“You may look at it;” replied the girl; offering me the book。

I did so; a brief examination convinced me that the contents were less taking than the title: Rasselas looked dull to my trifling taste; I saw nothing about fairies; nothing about genii; no bright variety seemed spread over the closely…printed pages。 I returned it to her; she received it quietly; and without saying anything she was about to relapse into her former studious mood: again I ventured to disturb her—

“Can you tell me what the writing on that stone over the door means? What is Lowood Institution?”

“This house where you are e to live。”

“And why do they call it Institution? Is it in any way different from other schools?”

“It is partly a charity…school: you and I; and all the rest of us; are charity…children。 I suppose you are an orphan: are not either your father or your mother dead?”

“Both died before I can remember。”

“Well; all the girls here have lost either one or both parents; and this is called an institution for educating orphans。”

“Do we pay no money? Do they keep us for nothing?”

“We pay; or our friends pay; fifteen pounds a year for each。”

“Then why do they call us charity…children?”

“Because fifteen pounds is not enough for board and teaching; and the deficiency is supplied by subscription。”

“Who subscribes?”

“Different benevolent…minded ladies and 

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