Hard TimesThe scene was a plain, bare, monotonous vault of a school room, and the speakers square forefinger emphasized his observations by underscoring every sentence with a line on the schoolmasters sleeve. The emphasis was helped by the speakers hair, which bristled on the skirts of his bald head, a plantation of firs to keep the wind from its shining surface, all covered with knobs, like the crust of a plum pie, as if the head had scarcely warehouse room