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James actually likes school. He isn't learning anything particularly complicated, at least not compared to Con and Julia and even William, but there is enough to fill six hours of his day and give him something to do and new things to think about. His teacher, Mr Van der Waal, is stern but not too strict, and because James learned to read early and is good at math, he is a bit of a favorite.
Afer school, Luisa always comes to get James (and William and sometime Con, by default) and walk him home, and sometimes when she asks what he learned, if he learned anything new and interesting, he actually gets a chance to tell her. On days when Con doesn't have to stay late for sports practice or because the headmaster feels the need to keep him after class for misbehaving, he monopolizes the conversation and turns all his attention to Luisa. She answers his questions easily, but even James can tell that Con is acting as if he's sweet on her - "He's such a flirt", Julia says - and she is putting him off. Luisa is older, for one thing, and Italian, for another, and an immigrant, and most important, she is their father's employee. As much as James might like her - and he does like her - and as interested as Con may be in her, she will always be working class and they will always be society.
( Not that it seems to bother her that Con flirts with her )
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today's quickie research: the cherry blossom festival in dc
Afer school, Luisa always comes to get James (and William and sometime Con, by default) and walk him home, and sometimes when she asks what he learned, if he learned anything new and interesting, he actually gets a chance to tell her. On days when Con doesn't have to stay late for sports practice or because the headmaster feels the need to keep him after class for misbehaving, he monopolizes the conversation and turns all his attention to Luisa. She answers his questions easily, but even James can tell that Con is acting as if he's sweet on her - "He's such a flirt", Julia says - and she is putting him off. Luisa is older, for one thing, and Italian, for another, and an immigrant, and most important, she is their father's employee. As much as James might like her - and he does like her - and as interested as Con may be in her, she will always be working class and they will always be society.
( Not that it seems to bother her that Con flirts with her )
words: 1908
total words: 4647
today's quickie research: the cherry blossom festival in dc
