DADDY-LONG-LEGS (17)

DADDY-LONG-LEGS (17)

   My room is up in the tower that used to be the contagious ward before they built the new infirmary.
※contagious ward　伝染病棟
There are three other girls on the same floor of the tower － a senior who wear a spectacles and is  always asking us please to be a little more quite, and two freshmen named Sallie McBride and Julia Rutledge Pendleton. Sallie has red hair and a turned-up nose and is quite friendly ; Julia comes from one of the first families in Yew York and hasn't noticed me yet. They room together and the senior and I have singles. Usually freshmen can't get singles ; they are very scarce, but I got one without even asking. I suppose the registrar didn't think it would be right to ask a properly brought-up girl to room with a foundling. You see there are advantages !

   My room is on the northwest corner with two windows and a view. After you've lived in a ward for eighteen years with twenty roommates, it is restful to be alone. This is the first chance I've ever had to get accuainted with Jerusha Abbott. I think I'm going to like her.

   Do you think you are ? 

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