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This undeveloped was the possibility , which Richard Swiveller sought to conceal even from himself , of his not being proof against the charms of Miss Wackles , and in some unguarded moment , by linking his fortunes to hers forever , of putting it out of his own power to further their notable scheme to which he had so readily become a party . For all these reasons , he decided to pick a quarrel with Miss Wackles without delay , and casting about for a pretext determined in favour of groundless jealousy . Having made up his mind on this important point , he circulated the glass -LRB- from his right hand to left , and back again -RRB- pretty freely , to enable him to act his part with the greater discretion , and then , after making some slight improvements in his toilet , bent his steps towards the spot hallowed by the fair object of his meditations . The spot was at Chelsea , for there Miss Sophia Wackles resided with her widowed mother and two sisters , in conjunction with whom she maintained a very small day-school for young ladies of proportionate dimensions ; a circumstance which was made known to the neighbourhood by an oval board over the front first-floor windows , whereupon appeared in circumambient flourishes the words ` Ladies ' Seminary ' ; and which was further published and proclaimed at intervals between the hours of half-past nine and ten in the morning , by a straggling and solitary young lady of tender years standing on the scraper on the tips of her toes and making futile attempts to reach the knocker with a spelling-book . The several duties of instruction in this establishment were thus discharged . English grammar , composition , geography , and the use of the dumb-bells , by Miss Melissa Wackles ; writing , arithmetic , dancing , music , and general fascination , by Miss Sophia Wackles ; the art of needle-work , marking , and samplery , by Miss Jane Wackles ; corporal punishment , fasting , and other tortures and terrors , by Mrs Wackles . Miss Melissa Wackles was the eldest daughter , Miss Sophy the next , and Miss Jane the youngest .