Ranged on benches down the sides of the room, the eighty girls sat motionless and erect; a quaint assemblage they appeared, all with plain locks combed from their faces, not a curl visible; in brown dresses, made high and surrounded by a narrow tucker about the throat, with little pockets of holland (shaped something like a Highlander's purse) tied in front of their frocks, and destined to serve the purpose of a work-bag: all, too, wearing woollen stockings and country-made shoes, fastened with brass buckles.
Las ochenta muchachas permanecían inmóviles, rígidas, todas iguales, con sus cabellos peinados lisos sobre las orejas, sin rizo alguno visible, vestidas de ropas oscuras, con un cuello estrecho y con un bolsillo grande en la parte delantera del uniforme (bolsillo que estaba destinado a hacer las veces de cesto de costura).