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I expect every one of you to come to me for confession before recess." He left the dormitory, and we dressed ourselves.
"And you mustn't expect the statue to come down and walk about, or anything like that," he continued. "Those aren't the really wonderful things. And no doubt people will tell you it hasn't changed; but you'll know better!
'They are amorous, and fond, and billing, Like Philip and Mary on a shilling. I have promised to pay him a visit; Stewart, or some of the tutors, I believe, will accompany me, and I hope you will too. "Since commencement I have been at a Dutch wedding, and expect to be at one or two more very shortly. There was drinking, and singing, and fiddling, and dancing. I was pleased extremely.
He turned, not merely to the man as a friend, but to his house as a place of refuge. The danger that threatened him was still so vague that he knew neither what to fear nor where he might expect it; but this much at least seemed undeniable, that a private house was safer than a public inn.
"Mr. March's widow?" said his wife, looking at him with provisional severity. "I have no widow, Isabel," he said, "and never expect to have, till I leave you in the enjoyment of my life-insurance. I suppose Fulkerson means the lady with the daughter who wanted to take us to board." "Oh yes. How are they getting on, I do wonder?" Mrs. March asked of Fulkerson.
"I had hoped to hear he had sailed," said the canon. "No news is good news, I hope." "The last telegram said his wound was doing well, but did not give any date for his return. Young John says we may expect him any time. I do not know what he knows about it more than any one else, however," said Miss Crewys.
Her tears fell softly and silently, and she repeated again her passionate prayers to the Star of the Sea. A delay out at those Islands to repair damages was a very likely event. She rose and brushed her hair, and then dressed as if she might fairly expect him. All then was not lost, if a seaman, his own father, did not yet despair. And for a few days she resumed looking out for him again.
It is doubtful whether this idea was critically present to anyone but Stephen Arnold, but people unconsciously tasted the dramatic substance offered them, and leaned back in their chairs with the usual patient acknowledgment that one mustn't expect too much of a company that found it worth while to come to Calcutta.
Katherine and Jack greeted him with quiet sympathy. "I came in to get fixed up for a long cruise," said John. "My pony went lame, and I want a flannel shirt instead of this silk thing I had on last night. I wish to God Kut-le would come! I suppose he could read what we are blind to." "You bet!" cried Jack. "I expect an answer from his friends this afternoon.
Verse after verse she sang in a voice low, but clear and sweet. As the refrain occurred again and again, "O sweet and blessed country, the home of God's elect, O sweet and blessed country that eager hearts expect, Jesus, in mercy bring us to that dear land of rest," the only change was that the song rose a little clearer and fuller and with deeper tone.
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