(i) a letter from Basil breaking the engagement
(ii) irritable
(iii) sing a lament
(iv) Basil as a knife piercing her heart
(v) deserted her
(vi) of mpod
(vii) Head mistress Miss. Wyatt
(viii) the letter
A brief summary:
Miss Meadows was upset over a letter from Basil breaking the engagement. She remains gloomy and irritable in class. She taxes the students making them sing a lament. She thinks of the letter from Basil as a knife piercing her heart. Basil seems to have deserted her. Suddenly she is called by Head mistress Miss. Wyatt. The headmistress gives her a telegram which asks her to forget the letter. Miss Meadows feels happy and returns to the class with vigour and good cheer.
