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Then he darted into the kitchen and ordered them to ring the great alarm-bell incessantly; then into the yard, and sent messengers to the village, and to all his tenants, and in about an hour there were fifty torches, and as many sheep-bells, directed upon Cairnhope hill; and, as men and boys came in from every quarter, to know why Raby's great alarm-bell was ringing, they were armed with torches and sent up Cairnhope.
As soon as she had gained the other side of the island, where she was concealed from Raby's sight by the trees, she pulled out vigorously for the Springton shore. When she reached it, she drew the boat up cautiously on the beach, fastened it, and hid herself among the trees. Her plan was to wait there until dusk, then push the boat adrift in the lake, and go out herself adrift into the world.
They were eating their Christmas dinner over again and looking with ecstasy at their tiny, tiny Christmas gifts and listening once more to Prissie, who had a low, sweet voice and who was singing to them the old and beloved words: "Peace and goodwill to men." The children were happy in their dreams, and Prissie was standing by Aunt Raby's side. "Why don't you sit down, child?
Raby's weekly tenants: and this had led to a compromise and flagellation. Once or twice every summer a more insidious foe approached. Some little party of tourists, including a lady, who sketched in water and never finished anything, would hear of the old church, and wander up to it. But Mr.
She had not entered the room for more than an hour; the house grew stiller and stiller; not a sound was to be heard except little Raby's heavy breathing, and now and then one of those fine and mysterious noises which the timbers of old houses have a habit of making in the night-time. At last the lover got the better of the physician.
She had made a very firm niche for herself in Aunt Raby's old cottage, and the dislodgment therefrom caused her for the time such mental disquiet and so many nervous and queer sensations that her pain was often acute and her sense of awkwardness considerable. Priscilla's best in her early life always seemed but a poor affair, and she certainly neither looked nor was at her best at first here.
This appeal was made to the company, and roused curiosity to a high pitch; every eye began to compare the dark-skinned beauty on the wall with the swarthy young man, who now stood there, and submitted in haughty silence to the comparison. The words caught Mr. Raby's attention. He made a start, and elbowing them all out of his way, strode up to the picture. "What do you say, Miss Carden?
Then she crept up to the old church, and sat down in the porch, benumbed with grief, and still a little confused in her poor head. She sat there for nearly two hours, and then she got up, and muttered, "Dead and gone he is dead and gone!" and wandered on the hill desolate. Her feet wandered, her brain wandered. She found herself at last in a place she recognized. It was Squire Raby's lawn.
The two were in this very attitude. "Well, upon my word!" cries out Miss Zoe; but Davison did not let go his hold; and Miss Raby's head only sank down on his hand. "You must get another governess, sir, for the little boys," Frank Davison said to the Doctor. "Anny Raby has promised to come with me." You may suppose I shut to the door on my side.
Raby's eyes sparkled with delight at all this, and he whispered his comments on the verses and the dance. "King George!" said he. "Bosh! This is the old story of St. George and the Dragon, overburdened with modern additions." As to the dance, he assured her that, though danced in honor of old Christmas, it was older than Christianity, and came from the ancient Goths and Swedes.
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