Some months later Sara had her eleventh birthday Lessons stopped for the afternoon and there was a big party for all the girls in the school.
This party is expensive for us. Miss Minchin said to her sister Amelia. But it look good for the school
That afternoon there was a visitor to the school Miss Minchin’s lawyer. He went with Miss Minchin into her office and they closed the door. In the schoolroom next door there was a lot of noise from Sara’s party Everybody in there was very happy.
But in the office Miss Minchin was not happy. She looked at the lawyer angrily. What are you saying ?
Mr Crewe has no money? What about the diamond mines?
There are no diamond mines. Said the lawyer Well. There are mines. But there are no diamonds in them.