“They walk about naked here!” squealed Doulebov.

Trirodov retorted:

“They will be healthier and cleaner than those children who leave your school.”

Doulebov shouted:

“Even your instructresses walk about naked. You’ve taken on depraved girls as instructresses.”

Trirodov replied calmly:

“That’s a lie!”

The Headmaster said sharply and excitedly:

“Your school—if this awful, impossible establishment can be called a school—will be closed at once. I will make the application to the District to-day.”

Trirodov replied sharply: