“My dancing could not be a more solemn matter. Xxnx “Two Shoes,” corrected The Beast. “It’s good to learn about my new guest. Far worse was the prospect of spending a whole year with The Beast. “Now, turn to Chapter One.”
The Beast kept up his patient yet insistent tuition until the clock struck four, in which time Rose managed to struggle through the first short chapter of Little Goody Two Shoes and write out an only somewhat shorter list of words that had presented her with difficulties. “Two Shoes,” corrected The Beast. “This place is filthy. There is bread in the pantry if you hunger.”
Again, The Beast left without waiting for Rose’s response. “Your education sacrificed in the name of the vapidity that calls itself society – that is intolerable!
