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At any rate , this knowledge of their nearness to each other made their first day in London a happier one than it would otherwise have been . The Tower proved as fascinating as it always does to girls who love history when they see the fortress for the first time , and the sisters spent a long time in it and its surroundings , and went back to Vincent Street resigned to , if not content with , their lot , the worst part of which was their lodgings . Stella felt that the house could never be in the least a home to them , and was not situated in a nice part for them to live in , though she did not see what she could do better , with their limited means and knowledge of London . ` But , Stella , you have not to be at your office till ten o'clock ! What will you do with yourself for this half-hour ? ' asked Vava next morning as her sister left her at the gates of the City School for Girls five minutes before school opened , which was half-past nine . The two sisters had walked together to the City along the Embankment .