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School days in Belgium went on, through the steamy, rain-sodden days of spring to the end of term and the _grandes vacances_ looked forward to with such frantic eagerness even by the children who liked the convent best. Alex was again bitterly conscious of an utter want of conformity setting her apart from her fellow-creatures.
The misery of parting for eight weeks from Queenie Torrance overwhelmed her. Casually, Queenie said: