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At the tailor's he kept whistling, "Flow gently, Sweet Afton," while Van Dusen advised him, until that resourceful tailor and haberdasher exclaimed, "You must have a date back there, doctor; you behave like a bridegroom," and made him remember that he wasn't one. Before he let him go, Van put his finger on the Masonic pin in his client's lapel. "Mustn't wear that, doctor.
I do not often hold up the private life of my acquaintances to illustrate moral reason, but I must make this an exception. I believe the gentleman was brought to Afton for the protection of sheep, and to test the statement that a goat with a flock of sheep would keep off the dogs. When I saw him he was a moral wreck.
"The tune is 'Flow gently Sweet Afton' and the song is dedicated to Seddon Hall, with apologies to Robert Burns. Here it is," and she read: "On Hudson's bank Stands fair Seddon Hall. Truth, honor and joy Is her message to all." "That's the first verse." "Go on," Lois prompted, "I like it." "Each daughter has shared In the wealth of her days. United, we join In singing her praise.
In 1512, it was the property of John Bond, who, fond of his little hamlet, inclosed a park of thirty acres, stocked it with deer; and, in 1517, erected a chapel for the conveniency of his tenants, being two miles from the parish church of Afton.
"I was never more alive in my life." Vic's voice and eyes were alive enough. "By heck! I believe it," Trench exclaimed. "Say, you got away with Burgess about the game. If you want the girl, go after her, too. But gently, Sweet Afton, go gently. Most girls want to do the pursuing themselves, I believe.
After a few moments he arose, and, staggering towards me, grasped my hand and shook it violently, stuttering out, 'Evelyn Afton is an angel that is, your wife, I mean, would have made a greater actress than Mrs. Siddons. Sefton's a rascal d d rascal. You see, Mr. Bell, I'm not what I was once. The cursed liquor that's what made me this. John Foster once held his head as high as anybody.
Then, turning to Betty: "Do I win?" she asked, laughing. "'Flow gently sweet Afton among thy green braes," caroled Betty. She was picking out the accompaniment with her first finger on the Assembly Hall piano, one stormy afternoon, for the benefit of Angela and Polly. They were trying to compose a Senior class song to Seddon Hall. "'Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise."
First and last," she glanced judicially at the photograph, "I guess I got about as much out of Thea's voice as anybody will ever get." "I guess you did!" the doctor assented heartily; "and I got a good deal myself. You remember how she used to sing those Scotch songs for me, and lead us with her head, her hair bobbing?" "'Flow Gently, Sweet Afton, I can hear it now," said Mrs.
Ah, my beloved, I will never hurt you again or make you angry." He said these things over and over to himself, and perhaps they comforted him a little. At eight bells the Swedish captain turned out, and Claudius saw him ascend the bridge, but soon he came down again and walked aft. "God afton, Captain," said Claudius. "It is rather late to say good evening, Doctor," replied the sailor.
The mill, I make no doubt, stood where a mill now stands, near Sawford-bridge; but neither the hides, nor the wood, could be confined within the boundary of Afton; the manor is too little for either. The lordship extends about a square mile, and that part which is now the park, I have reason to think, was then a common, and for ages after.
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