Re-word these lines from the story:

1. I had heard a great deal about Miss Beam’s school.

2. Miss Beam was all that I had expected — middle-aged, full of authority.

3. I went to the window which overlooked a large garden.

4. “We cannot bandage the children’s mouths, so they really have to exercise their will-power.”

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1. I had come to know a lot about the school run by Miss Beam.

2. Miss beam was everything I had thought her to be — in the middle years of her life and authoritative.

3. I reached a window which opened in front of a garden of a large size.

4. “The children's mouths cannot be put into bandages, so an exercise of will power is required on their part.”

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