Jeder Kamin im Schulzimmer war augenblicklich von einer doppelten Reihe großer Mädchen belagert und hinter diesen krochen die kleinen Kinder in trostlosen Gruppen umher, ihre abgemagerten Arme in ihre Schürzen hüllend.
But, to the little ones at least, this was denied: each hearth in the schoolroom was immediately surrounded by a double row of great girls, and behind them the younger children crouched in groups, wrapping their starved arms in their pinafores.