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The teacher comes at nine o'clock and stays till one , and Fani and I are the only scholars ! Of course Fani is much cleverer than I am ; but the teacher is very kind , and when I can not do my lessons he only says : `` Come , be brave , and you 'll soon do as well as your brother ! '' I get along very well , and I am not so ashamed as I was when all the children in school were ahead of me . It is one o'clock before we know it , and we are glad when school-time comes the next day . After dinner we all go into the garden ; and Mrs. Stanhope takes Fani with her , and he talks with her about his lessons and his ideas about all sorts of things ; and it is easy to see that she likes him very much , better of course than she does me ; you know how frank he is . He tells her just how he feels and how glad he is to be here with her , and he thanks her over and over again for all her kindness , and he holds her hand tight ; and , when he looks up at her so beaming with happiness , she strokes his hair , and seems more fond of him than I have ever seen her of any one except Nora . But I can never do as Fani does ; though I have just the same feelings , I can not speak them out ; and I 'm afraid she does not think that I am so grateful , and I can quite understand that she can not care as much for me as for Fani .