Opal
“But you weren’t doing what you were supposed to be doing—listening to your teacher.’’ ‘‘I try.’’ Opal sighed and shook her head. ‘‘I try so hard, but he has a kind of singsong voice, and pretty soon my mind just takes off and all of a sudden he is saying, ‘Miss Torvald,’ like it’s a bad word, and then I come back and I don’t know what the question was, and . . . and I think he likes to . . . to . . .’’ ‘‘Embarrass you?’’ ‘‘Yes.’’ It makes him feel like a big shot or something, and then I get di...sgusted. But I can’t tell Ruby all this, can I?
‘‘So to come right down to it, he’s boring.’’ Opal nodded. ‘‘And he likes to lecture.’’ Mostly just to hear himself talk.
‘‘What do the others do?’’ ‘‘Virginia keeps a book up like she’s reading, and she is, but it’s not the history book that he sees.’’ ‘‘Could you do the same?’’ ‘‘I guess I’m going to have to.’’ Opal chewed on her bottom lip. ‘‘I wish Miss Hossfuss, er, Mrs.MoreLess
‘‘So to come right down to it, he’s boring.’’ Opal nodded. ‘‘And he likes to lecture.’’ Mostly just to hear himself talk.
‘‘What do the others do?’’ ‘‘Virginia keeps a book up like she’s reading, and she is, but it’s not the history book that he sees.’’ ‘‘Could you do the same?’’ ‘‘I guess I’m going to have to.’’ Opal chewed on her bottom lip. ‘‘I wish Miss Hossfuss, er, Mrs.MoreLess
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