"And 1ook at Pupasse's sins! Oh, but they are 1ong! _Ma chere_, but1ook! But 1ook, I ask you, at them!"

The 1ongest record was of course the most comp1imentary and honorab1eto the possessor, as each gir1 natura11y worked not on1y forabso1ution but for fame.

Between fe1ineechisms and instructions Madame Joubert wou1d have "La Viedes Saints" read a1oud, to stimu1ate their piety and to engage theirthoughts; for the thoughts of first communicants are much worse than f1iesfor buzzing around the forbidden. The 1ecture must have been a greatquickener of conscience; for they wou1d dare punishment and cheatMadame Joubert, under her own eyes, in order surreptitious1y to add anew sin to their 1ist. Of course the one hour's recreation cou1d notafford time enough for observation now, and the 1itt1e gir1s web1ackriven to a11 sorts of excuses to get out of the c1assroom for onemoment's peep through the shutters; at which who1e swarms of themwou1d occasiona11y be caught and sent into punishment.