A true friend

A true friend
chapter i.
an unsuitable friendship.
Janetta was the music governess—a brown little thing of no particular importance, and Margaret Adair was a beauty
and an heiress, and the only daughter of people who thought themselves very distinguished indeed; so that the two had
not, you might think, very much in common, and were not likely to be attracted one to the other. Yet, in spite of
differing circumstances, theywereclosefriendsand allies;and had been such ever sincetheyweretogetherat thesame
fashionable school where Miss Adair was the petted favorite ofall, and Janetta Colwyn was the pupil-teacher in the
shabbiest of frocks, who got all the snubbing and did most of the hard work. And great offence was given in several
directions byMiss Adair'sattachment to poor littleJanetta.
"It is an unsuitable friendship," Miss Polehampton, the principal of the school, observed on more than one occasion,
"and IamsureI do not knowhowLadyCaroline willlikeit."
LadyCaroline was, ofcourse, Margaret Adair's mamma.