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She had been rather shy at first. But Bella Turner told the girls about her, how she had been born in Salem, and gone to Calcutta when only a few months old, come and gone again in her father's ship, and he was Captain Leverett, and then returned to America. He was to come afterward, but he had died. And Mr. Chilian Leverett, who was something in Harvard College, was her guardian.
He began to cast about for means to break up this calamitous situation. He welcomed the return of Leverett Whyland with his wife. "Well, Pence," said Whyland, "how has the Amalgamated Association of Non-Dancers been doing?" "Pence," Whyland had said. Yes, this was the Trust man, after all. "First-rate," returned the other briefly, rising to go.
"But the sums troubled me." "She's very backward in figures," said Mrs. Leverett. "Betty, you must take her in hand." "I must study all the afternoon," said Doris. "Oh, you'll soon get into the traces," said Uncle Leverett consolingly. It was Monday and wash-day in every well-ordered family. Mrs.
But the old hymns were touching, with here and there a line of rare sweetness. Hollis Leverett was going to take Aunt Priscilla home and then return for the others. Sam insisted upon going with them, so grandfather roasted some corn for Bessy and Doris. They had not the high art of popping it then and turning it inside out, although now and then a grain achieved such a success all by itself.
But Bellingham and Leverett, the leading representatives of the policy of no surrender, were not men gifted with foresight, and they remained unmoved by the last threat of the commissioners that it would be hazardous to deny the King's supremacy, for "'tis possible that the charter which you so much idolize may be forfeited."
Chilian Leverett passed through the sitting-room and thought it was really an enchanting sight, and that Cynthia was the prettiest girl of them all. People had not thought up ice cream in those days, but they made lovely custards, baked in cups with handles, and a tiny spoon to eat them with. They were the last of the tea.
Colonel Joliffe, a Whig, whose age and infirmity had prevented him from joining Washington, and whose courtesy and intelligence had made him respected by his foes, acted as chorus: "These I take to be the Puritan governors of Massachusetts: Endicott, Winthrop, Vane, Dudley, Haynes, Bellingham, Leverett, Bradstreet."
That poor Miss Henrietta Maria should slip out of life was only a release, and that Miss Arabella in the ripeness of age should follow had awakened in her heart no real sorrow, but a gentle sense of their having gained something in another world. But Uncle Leverett had so much here, so many to love him and to need him. Death, the mystery to all of us, is doubly so to the young.
The table was laid, and Mrs. Leverett said: "Why didn't you stay all night?" "Aunt Priscilla has her autumn cold. She was quite cross at first. She was sick last week, and went to church yesterday, and is worse to-day. But she was glad about the eggs." "There comes your father. Be spry now." After supper Warren went out to look after Jack. Mr.
Elizabeth Leverett interviewed Dame Wilby beforehand. The woman came half a day on Monday to wash and she hardly knew how to spend half an hour, but when she found Miss Winn was going, she loftily relegated the whole business to her. Dame Wilby lived in an old rambling house, already an eyesore to the finer houses in Lafayette Street, but the Dame was obstinate and would not sell.
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