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Every girl in the School knew that the Head Mistress was humbly striving to embody in her own life the high ideals she held before her pupils , and because of this they listened . Doubtless some of the seed fell by the wayside , some into hard and stony ground , some was choked by the deceit and riches of this world , but other seed fell into good ground and brought forth abundantly , `` some thirty , some sixty , and some an hundred-fold . '' THE Christmas holidays brought a much-needed rest . `` No parties these holidays , '' said Aunt Nell firmly , as she ushered Judith into a pretty sunshiny room ; `` bed at nine o'clock , breakfast at nine o'clock , and any amount of skating and tobogganing in between . I promised your mother that you should have a very quiet time . '' But a very quiet time was not just the holiday that Judith had planned to have , and after a long night 's sleep and a peaceful day devoted to letter-writing she was lively as a cricket and ready for anything . Christmas shopping absorbed the first two days : Aunt Nell found it tiring , but to Judith the shops all glittering with Yuletide gaiety were wholly fascinating .