The new teacher thought
it a happening, but the pupils knew that Gwen had done it to learn if
the teacher would rebuke her.
As her tardiness passed unnoticed, Gwen at once decided to do something
more striking.
She was bright, and quick to learn, but she cared little for study,
and she would have been placed in a much lower class, but for her
mother's great influence.
Mrs. Harcourt had listened very patiently while it had been made clear
to her that her small daughter was not fitted for the class in which
her little friends were placed.
She was a charming woman, and she had begged, even insisted that Gwen
be placed in the class with Princess Polly, Rose Atherton, and Sprite
Seaford, and thus given the opportunity to prove that she could "keep
up" with her class.
The new teacher was amused, and believing that Gwen's stay in the class
would be of short duration, she yielded.
Gwen never studied, and on her first day, she decided that, as she
thought herself _very_ smart, she could, by listening to what others
were reciting, do very well without "bothering with books.
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