And lastly, Esther was a 'favourite.' No help for it; she was certainly a favourite, the girls pronounced, and some of them had the candour to add that they did not see how she could help it, or how Miss Fairbairn could help it either.
'Girls, she has every right to be a favourite,' one of them set forth.
'Nobody has a right to be a favourite!' was the counter cry.
'But think, she never does anything wrong.'
'Stupid!'
'Well, she never breaks rules, does she?'
'No.'
'And she always has her lessons perfect as perfect can be.'
'So do some other people.'
'And her drawings are capital.'