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Updated: June 15, 2025
I closed it because the village children " "Had not you better shut the door? If any one passed down the road, they would see it was open." "It's as dark as pitch." "Yes, but there's a little light from within. I can see you from outside quite plainly standing in the doorway." I led her indoors, and locked and bolted the door. "What is this room?" "The houseplace. I have my meals here.
The life of contemplation and meditation is more suited to my highly strung nature than that of adventure and intrigue. My servant brought in the lamp, and I hurriedly sat on the key while she did so. Then she drew the curtains in the little houseplace, locked the outer door, and went back to the kitchen.
I could hear my servant laying my evening meal in the houseplace. In a few minutes she tapped to tell me it was ready, and I rose mechanically to obey the summons. And then, to my horror, I found I was still in morning dress. For the first time for years I had not dressed for dinner. What would she think if she saw me? But it was too late to change now; I must just go in as I was.
So Andrew sailed for New York, and life resumed its long forgotten happy tenor in the Binnie cottage. Janet sang about her spotless houseplace, feeling almost as if it was a new gift of God to her; and Christina regarded their small and simple belongings with that tender and excessive affection which we are apt to give to whatever has been all but lost and then unexpectedly recovered.
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