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After this, the darning-class became the chief feature in the week, and the children were sure never to miss a lesson. The book grew more and more interesting, and so did the darning, as they learned to be less clumsy with their needles; and when the third Saturday came, the little girls were most eager to know who were to have the prizes. Anne was still the best worker, but Ellen had high hopes of getting the first prize, because she had improved so much.
"She said, you know, the one who had improved the most was to get it," Ellen remarked to Lois, as they were walking, arm in arm, up the Drapers' avenue. "Now my work was perfectly horrid at first, and I do it a lot better now."