Excerpt: ... am sorry to be so late" The spider, however, told her that he had secured a hall up two flights, and had arranged the chairs and a table, which were all the arrangements necessary 57 for a meeting. He had seen a number of serious persons going upstairs, and he had no doubt that it was a success. When she reached the hall, the papers had all been read and discussed, and the Little Old Woman, who was in the chair, was just announcing that the next business before the house was to adjourn. "I am sorry to be so ...
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Excerpt: ... am sorry to be so late" The spider, however, told her that he had secured a hall up two flights, and had arranged the chairs and a table, which were all the arrangements necessary 57 for a meeting. He had seen a number of serious persons going upstairs, and he had no doubt that it was a success. When she reached the hall, the papers had all been read and discussed, and the Little Old Woman, who was in the chair, was just announcing that the next business before the house was to adjourn. "I am sorry to be so late," said Miss Muffet, "and to miss hearing the papers." "If that's the case," said the Little Old Woman, "we will have them all over again. The speakers will read slowly, so that the papers will go further." "Oh, please don't on my account!" cried Miss Muffet, all in a tremble. "Don't let me interfere with your adjourning. I know that must be important business." The Little Old Woman said that it was the most important business of the meeting. "Does it take long?" asked Miss Muffet. "Not if you know how to do it," said the Little Old Woman. "Then I will just sit down and watch it." The Little Old Woman rapped upon the table with a huge button-hook, and went about the 58 business so briskly that before Miss Muffet knew what had happened, the meeting had adjourned. "Were the papers so quick?" she asked. "No, they weren't; papers are never that way." "What were they about?" "The white ones were about 'Child Study, ' and the yellow ones were about 'Obedience to Parents' and 'Not Losing Your Thimble.' The yellow ones were the ones I knew best; I used to have them when I was a little girl." "Then the white ones must be harder. Is Child Study harder than Arithmetic?" "There are two kinds. One kind is where you take the children you are acquainted with and tell what you know about them. That kind isn't so good to make papers out of. It's too short. The other kind is where you get at 'the Contents of the Child's Mind.' I can't say that it's...
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