Matilda did not understand. Did her school teacher really ere? It was very strange. Miss Honey came back with two cups of tea and two plate read and butter. When they were eating, Matilda asked, Are all teachers v oor, Miss Honey? Do they all live like this, with no furniture Miss Honey's face went red and she looked down at the fl No, she said quietly Then she looked at Matilda. 'Until now. een difficult for me to talk about my problems but sudden want to tell somebody. I know that you're only a little Matilda, but can I tell you a story"Yes, of course, said Matilda. TI'm twenty-three years old, said Miss Honey. When I orn, my father was a doctor in this village and we lived i eautiful old house. Then my mother died when I was two my aunt came to live with us. My father was a busy doctor and eeded somebody to look after me. But my aunt was not a k erson. Then, when I was five, my father died suddenly. How did he die?" asked Matilda. That's an interesting question, said Miss Honey. "I was t oung to ask questions at the time, but later I learned that th as a lot of mystery about his death. He was a very calm nsible man, and nobody really believed that he did it"What did he do?' asked Matilda. Killed himself, said Miss Honey Or it looked like that. S d to live with my aunt. And my father's house was sudde rs! How? I don't really know. 'What happened then?" asked Matilda. Was your aunt nice"She was worse than before!" said Miss Honey. It was terrib as very frightened of her. Did you go to school?" asked Matilda. "Yes, said Miss Honey"I went to the same school that yo