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Well, she must not find it out! It had been a wretched sort of accident, and before it could do any harm it should be amended. Suddenly, a sound of angry water. They were close on the lake, and waves driven by the wind were plashing on the shore. Across the lake, a light in a house-window shone through the storm, the only reminder of human life amid a dark wilderness of mountains.
At half-past Twelve, the Ramparts, on all sides, are ours. The Gates of the Town, under axe and petard, can make little resistance, to Leopold's Column or the other two. Inside he attempts another rally, some 200 with him; and here and there perhaps a house-window tries to give shot; but it is to no purpose, not the least stand can be made.
The boys were recalled from house-window, garden and stable, and cow-yard, when Mr. Squeers with a small bundle of papers in his hand, and Mrs. Squeers following with a pair of canes, entered the room, and proclaimed silence. "Let any boy speak without leave," said Mr. Squeers mildly, "and I'll take the skin off his back."
Be this as it may, the boys were recalled from house-window, garden, stable, and cow-yard, and the school were assembled in full conclave, when Mr Squeers, with a small bundle of papers in his hand, and Mrs S. following with a pair of canes, entered the room and proclaimed silence. 'Let any boy speak a word without leave, said Mr Squeers mildly, 'and I'll take the skin off his back.
From them, and from every house-window, balcony and roof-top, a waving multitude cheered the coming of the Master. The new Master, to whom so recently they had given their allegiance the Master who in return was to endow them with life everlasting. It was a gay, holiday throng cheering us, tossing flower-petals down upon us as we passed majestically beneath the bridges.
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