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"Oh, Joanna ... thank you," said Ellen. "Well, I'll have to be leaving you now that gal's got a rabbit pie in the oven for our tea, and I must go and have a look at her crust. You unpack and clean yourself and be careful not to spoil anything." Supper that night was rather a quiet meal. Something about Ellen drove Joanna back into her old sense of estrangement.
The subjects were as follows: three lectures on the History of Science; two on reasons why we should study Science; four on the Crust of the Earth, and the nature of Volcanoes and Earthquakes; two on the form of Earth's Surface and the elevation of the Continents; five on Physical Geography; five on the nature of Heat and Magnetism; sixteen on Astronomy; two on Mountains and how they are formed; three on the Nature of the Sea; three on the Distribution of Matter; ten on the Atmosphere as an Elastic Fluid; three on the Geography of Animals; three on Races of Men.
His breath came in gasps. He was panting, not with exertion, but with terror. He could not test the ground until his weight was upon it. An outstretched foot pressed on the grassy path told him nothing. He knew that the crust would hold until the weight of his body was upon it. With every successful step his terror increased. What would the next bring forth? His agony of mind was awful.
Even roasting and baking had to be stopped directly the holy period began, unless a crust was already formed, in which case the cooking might be finished. Nothing was to be sent, even by a heathen, unless it would reach its destination before the Sabbath.
As he lay there, he expected every moment to hear the man shout an oath and return. When the hasty creaking of the footsteps died away, he knew that the lightened sled, following of its own momentum, had not betrayed him. Hoodwinked and pinioned, it was no easy task to travel among the trees and across the slippery crust.
The earth seems to be a mere crust of sulphurous deposits, and burnt clay, and rotten trap-rock, and is destitute of vegetation except in a few spots, where patches of grass and moss present a beautiful contrast to the surrounding barrenness.
Poor E.M.! Poor everybody that sighs for earthly remembrance in a planet with a core of fire and a crust of fossils! Such was the Dudley mansion-house, for it kept its ancient name in spite of the change in the line of descent.
I have known men sit to a table comfortably spread with wholesome food and make themselves and all with them miserable because it lacked something their pampered palate craved. A true man will enjoy a crust of bread, and if he has nothing more, count it a God-send that may save his life.
Brother was losing ground, so I joined in, and, coming up from the rear, we conquered and saved the crust, but not till both of us were well scratched and bitten. I was put to school at the age of six. Both mother and father were determined that their children should be educated. School lasted two months in the year July and August.
He studied the formation of the earth's crust, explored the deepest mines, ascended the highest mountains, and wandered through the craters of extinct volcanoes.
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