of the
school. He
was seven
or eight
years old,
rather
pale, very
neat, with
a timid
and almost
awkward
manner. He
was making
his way
back to
his
mother’s
house when
the
various
groups of
his
schoolfellows,
perpetually
whispering,
and
watching
him with
the
mischievous
and
heartless
eyes of
children
bent upon
playing a
nasty
trick,
gradually
surrounded
him and
ended by
inclosing
him
altogether.
There he
stood amid
them,
surprised
and
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