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Oliver was considering how he could explain a ship's compass to the birds, but only the tail end of his thinking slipped out. "They call some of them men-of-war, too," he chuckled. "You must have thought it funny the first time you saw one," said Dorcas Jane. "Not me, but my ancestors," said the Man-of-War Bird; "they saw the Great Admiral when he first sailed in these waters.
He had always a cheery manner, but to-night it was brightened by a dash of something warm and reckless. He had the air of one awaiting good news, in confidence of its coming. Dorcas was alive to the rapt contagion, and her own blood thrilled. She felt young. "Well!" said he, "well, Miss Dorcas!" He took a step, and then turned back.
When Ann Putnam, Mercy Lewis and Mary Walcott all united in charging little Dorcas Good five years old! with biting, pinching and almost choking them; "showing the marks of her little teeth on their arms, and the pins sticking in their bodies, where they had averred she was piercing them" can any sane, clear-minded man or woman suppose it was an innocent delusion, and not a piece of horribly wicked lying?
When the sexton rings the bell nowadays, on a Sunday morning, it seems to have lost some of its old-time militant strength, something of its hope and courage; but it still rings, and although the Davids and Solomons, the Matthews, Marks, and Pauls of former congregations have left few descendants to perpetuate their labours, it will go on ringing as long as there is a Tabitha, a Dorcas, a Lois, or a Eunice left in the community.
And here, also, for the term of my stay, the presence of the unknown inmate got the house the reputation of being haunted." "The old dumb woman was a shade kinder to me than Dorcas Knight had been, but I did not stay in her charge very long. One night the Le Noirs came in hot haste.
The Castle is very nice; and I shall hear all about your last new protegees, and your Dorcas societies, and your model cottages, and your architect, and your hundred-and-one schemes for the benefit of your fellow-man. It is not possible to be dull in the presence of so much energy." The next day was lovely.
This evening, as you know, Griselda was in a very particularly good humour, and besides this, so very full of her adventures, that she would have been glad of an even less sympathising listener than Dorcas was likely to be. "Sit down, Dorcas, and have some more tea, do," she said coaxingly.
A minute more, and Swan sprang over the stone wall, and with three steps was standing by her. He stood still and looked at her, drawing deep breaths of haste and agitation. Dorcas spoke first. "You wanted to see me. What is the matter?" "Nothing, but you know I've got home."
Then, surprised at his success, because she had looked to him like a proud person, though in a working-gown, he began a wandering apology for having failed to help her in. Meantime he touched up the beautiful sorrel, and when they began to fly along the road, and the sorrel's golden mane was tossing, Dorcas had a brief smiling concurrence with Alida.
Bertha looked conscious, and stole a glance at Agnes, but said nothing. Catherine, catching the look, laughed. "Father says Dorcas does us all a lot of good, as a counter-irritant. Whenever we begin to feel a little cross with each other, we all turn in and feel very cross with Dorcas.
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