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Collins devoted his morning to driving him out in his gig, and showing him the country; but when he went away, the whole family returned to their usual employments, and Elizabeth was thankful to find that they did not see more of her cousin by the alteration, for the chief of the time between breakfast and dinner was now passed by him either at work in the garden or in reading and writing, and looking out of the window in his own book-room, which fronted the road.
It was now her habit to go into the book-room after breakfast, and set herself down to, work as her husband, the former vicar, had done in his time and as Arthur, since his return, usually did the same, they naturally found themselves alone together. On the morning in question, she had no sooner seated herself, with her papers before her, than Arthur began.
"Now about the boys, Dorothy," he said, two hours later, as they stood together by the fire in the low, oak-finished room, which was his office and book-room. The door was ajar so that Dorothy might hear her mother's bell. "Don't you think they had better be sent to school somewhere?" "Yes," said Dorothy, "they ought to go to school, but well, I may as well tell thee the truth.
"Now, my dear, if you like to change your mind and put off the tree till you are better, I will say nothing about it." But Madam Liberality shook her head more vehemently than before, and her mother smiled and went away. Madam Liberality strained her ears. The book-room door opened she knew the voice of the handle there was a rush and a noise, but it died away into the room.
Mr Tiber was very kind, and will push me on as fast as is fair to the other fellows, and as I prove myself fit to go up. I'm to begin the first of next month in the book-room, filling orders; and I go round and get orders, and do various other things of the sort. I like it.
Mother was shocked; she disinfected everything that tooth had touched. Are you through tea, Daddy? I want to take the girls into the library." Once again in the old book-room, Win recovered his self-possession in admiration of its treasures of illuminated missal and manuscript.
"Too much question, cap'in too much like squaw; ask all togeder. Go to book-room; Nick follow; tell all he got to say." The captain whispered the serjeant to ascertain whether the watch without was vigilant, when he led the way to the library, where, as he expected, he found his wife and daughters, anxiously waiting his appearance. "Oh!
"And, Fanny," said Lady Lufton, in her kindest manner, "you are not going anywhere on Saturday, are you?" "No, I think not." "Then you must come to us. Justinia is to be here, you know" Lady Meredith was named Justinia "and you and Mr. Robarts had better stay with us till Monday. He can have the little book-room all to himself on Sunday.
This, however, was not thought of by any one. He had had new duties to assume, and old duties to put off. He had been a fortnight up at Oxford; and when at home, had been calling on all his parishioners. He had been attending to the dilapidations of the vicarage, and rearranging the books in the book-room.
He laughed, fingering the red silk of her hanging sleeve, feasting his eyes upon her dark beauty, so heightened and deepened in the year that had passed. "Then play to them and to me who shall watch you well to-morrow night. But after that to them never again! only to me, Audrey, to me when we walk in the garden at home, when we sit in the book-room and the candles are lighted.
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