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Eleanor Griffiths	Sep 1 2008, 10:48 PM
Posts: 6 Group: Pupils Member #5 Joined: Aug 20, 2008	Eleanor couldn't help but smile as this Annie prattled on, but she controlled her smile to one that was gentle and calm. After all, she didn't want to embarrass the girl. Eleanor couldn't help but be reminded of a quickly flowing river - it went where it willed, uncontrolled, but still beautiful and charming in its own way. And to make this girl even more interesting was her background. She was clearly not English, judging from her accent, and her stating she was from Boston only confirmed Eleanor's suspicion. It was also clear that she was not one of the aristocratic and refined young ladies of the upper echelon of society. Her speech and actions were simple, raw, uncontrolled. Or perhaps it was just her American accent. In any case, Eleanor gave Annie a quick yet polite nod of her head. "Habits can be difficult to change. They often have deep psychological roots and it takes a strong will indeed to try to change the paritcularly bad ones. Your efforts are commended. My name is Eleanor Griffiths. Like many others, I'm from London, so I unfortunately cannot say something as interesting as coming from overseas." She said this with just a hint of humour, hoping the ease the girl's obvious feelings of awkwardness in such a situation. She then nodded towards Miss Burgess to acknowledge her presence and their previous conversation. Eleanor had thought she would be admonished for sure for criticizing the school library, but this woman surprised her yet again by agreeing with her. How different she was from her Aunt Hazel! Aunt Hazel would have given her a long speech about how such books would be good for her, better than her father's books, and would fill her head with appropriate subjects that all fine young ladies ought to know. Although she found Miss Burgress's giggling and perky attitude somewhat annoying, Eleanor quite liked this woman's ideas. "Miss Burgess and I were just talking about the books our school has filled the library with," Eleanor said with just a little disdainful tone in her voice. "I have searched the shelves for anything relating to biology or even a bit of philosophy but to no avail. Even a book on Socrates or psychology would be interesting enough for me to read because, really, I have no interest in...oh, I don't know...embroidery patterns."
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