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A week or ten days later, Bancroft came downstairs one morning early and found the ground covered with hoar-frost, though the sun had already warmed the air. Elder Conklin, in his shirt-sleeves, was cleaning his boots by the wood pile. When he had finished with the brush, but not a moment sooner, he put it down near his boarder.
No use speaking of cost, said the elder man impatiently. And so it was.
"She must have put herself to a little, I think, to present me with so admirable a sister." "Be serious, Felix. You forget that I am your elder." "With a sister, then, so elderly!" rejoined Felix, laughing. "I hoped we had left seriousness in Europe." "I fancy you will find it here.
"Don't say that. She's going to get well. I'm going to make her." "I hope you can," said the elder woman. "Poor thing, what a time she must have had! Your pa says it seemed as if there was no one there with her. I'd like to know who she is." "She's somebody rich. Look at her hands."
There was another, too, the unexpected sight of whom made both Agatha and her companion start. As she and the Major entered, there arose, almost like an apparition from his seat in the window-recess, the tall, slight figure of Nathanael. "N. L.! Where on earth have you dropped from? What a very extraordinary fellow you are!" cried the elder brother. "Perhaps unwelcome also," said the quiet voice.
The meal was speedily served, and then for an hour Malchus sat with his mother and sisters, giving them a history of the expedition. There was a little playful grumbling on the part of his sisters when he told them that he was going to return to the Syssite to hear what had been determined by the conclave. "Surely you can wait until our father returns here, Malchus," Thyra, the elder, said.
"If you can show that you did not take the horse, Grayson," said George, the elder of the two sons, "I'll answer for that: but " "That I can do very easily," interrupted the young husband, "I have the proof in my pocket." He caught Elwood's eye as he spoke, and reassured him with a look, for he could see that the old man began to apprehend an exposure in the presence of his sons.
"I see your point, Miss Dahl. Christ certainly existed as an intelligent being before He came to this earth yes, even before the world was." "Certainly; our Savior vas himself as ve. He vas born, He had a body as ve, and He also had a spirit. God is de Fader of His spirit and it existed long ago, as you said. Christ is our Elder Broder. Ve are of de same family.
Felix believed that this parting was more felt than that with all the other eleven, and while Fulbert subsided into his corner, the elder brother felt much oppressed by the sense that it was his duty to give some good advice, together with great perplexity what it should be, how it should be expressed, and whether it would be endured.
Nicias had intended, by exaggerating the difficulties of the undertaking, to damp the ardour of the Athenians; but to his utter dismay, these timid counsels were greeted with a great shout of applause. It was supposed that he had changed his opinion, and even the elder men began to think that so prudent a leader, backed by such an armament, could not fail of success.
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