BensurveyedMissFrost,whomhesawforthefirsttime,withapproval,notunmingledwithsurprise.Shewasnottheaveragetypeofteacher.Benratherexpectedtomeetanelderlyfemale,tallandwillowyinform,andwearinglongringlets.SuchhadbeenMissJerushaColebrook,whohadwieldedtheferuletheyearbefore.
\"Areyoutheschoolteacher?\"askedBendubiously,astheyleftthehotel.
Mabelsmiled.\"Isuppose,\"saidshe,\"thatdependsonwhetherIpasstheexamination.\"
\"I
guessyou\'llpass,\"saidBen.