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Which sentence in this excerpt from Frances Hodgson Burnett's A Little Princess shows indirect characterization?
It was just then that Miss Minchin entered the room. She was very like her house, Sara felt: tall and dull, and respectable and ugly. She had large,
cold, fishy eyes, and a large, cold, fishy
smile. It spread itself into a very large smile when she saw Sara and Captain Crewe. She had heard a great
many desirable things of the
young soldier from the lady who had recommended her school to him. Among other things, she had heard that he was
a rich father who was willing to
spend a great deal of money on his little daughter.
"It will be a great privilege to have charge of such a beautiful and promising child, Captain Crewe," she said, taking Sara's hand and stroking it. "Lady
Meredith has told me
of her unusual cleverness. A clever child is a great treasure in an establishment like mine."