Teks asli (Inggris)

CHAPTER FIRST    "I never saw an eye so bright,      And yet so soft as hers;    It sometimes swam in liquid light,      And sometimes swam in tears;    It seemed a beauty set apart      For softness and for sighs."                                  —MRS. WELBY. The school-room at Roselands was a very pleasant apartment; the ceiling, it is true, was somewhat lower than in the more modern portion of the building, for the wing in which it was situated dated back to the