Excerpt from Howard and His Teacher, the Sister's Influence, and Other Stories She is followed by a younger girl, whose hair, rolled in innumerable papers, and whose zone, very tightly bound, are the principal things to attract attention to her. She has brought a pitcher from the nursery for warm water, and is highly displeased with Betty for giving her the trouble to do so. You ought to be ashamed of yourself, Betty, to he so late about the fire The water in the pipes is just as cold as Greenland, and you know neither Master Howard nor Miss Emeline will be washed in cold water, (or washed at all, she muttered, in an under tone. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.