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When he rapped at the door, she called out, 'Who's there? 'It's me, dear, says Porter. "I heerd her bounce right out of bed, and she came to the door as she was, ondressed, and onbolted it; and, as I entered it, she fetched me a box right across my cheek with the flat of her hand, that made it tingle agin.
I walked down, took my hat, onbolted the outer door, and what a beautiful day was there. I lit my cigar, I breathed freely, and I strolled down the avenue. "The bushes glistened, and the grass glistened, and the air was sweet, and the birds sung, and there was natur' once more.
I heerd her bounce right out of bed, and she came to the door as she was, ondressed, and onbolted it; and, as I entered it, she fetched me a box right across my cheek with the flat of her hand, that made it tingle agin. I'll teach you to call names agin, says she, you varmint.
Through his rough nature crept a tenderness he had not known for years, for those two treasures-one beneath the sod; the other, where? "I s'pose you did n't look to see if the door was onbolted, did you?" remarked his wife, wondering what made him so long silent. "Come to think 'ont, 't was," he answered, like one awaking from a dream.
"Janny," he said, over the rail of the cellar steps, "'tas the truth what Henfrey sez. 'E's not in uz room, 'e en't. And the front door's onbolted." At first Mrs. Hall did not understand, and as soon as she did she resolved to see the empty room for herself. Hall, still holding the bottle, went first. "If 'e en't there," he said, "'is close are. And what's 'e doin' 'ithout 'is close, then?
I walked down, took my hat, onbolted the outer door, and what a beautiful day was there. I lit my cigar, I breathed freely, and I strolled down the avenue. "The bushes glistened, and the grass glistened, and the air was sweet, and the birds sung, and there was natur' once more.
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