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Updated: June 17, 2025
'He is in such a way! she began. 'He went out to the school-examination, I believe, in his cap and gown, this morning; he was gone all day, but just at dusk I heard him slam-to the front door, fit to shake the house down, like he does when he is put out.
Her mother's distress, and obvious dread impressed the girl seriously. She nodded her head. "I'll never speak of it, mother," she assured her. "I'll try to forget it. But why oh, why should he make you endure these years of nightmare? Her mother abruptly held up a finger. "Hush! There's Father José." There was the sharp rattle of a lifted latch, and the slam-to of the outer storm door.
My father had already taken his seat in the carriage; my luggage was piled up on the front seat alongside the driver, and nothing therefore remained but for me to jump in, slam-to the door, and we were off.
The companion-way was in complete darkness, but at the foot of the ladder, and to starboard of it, there was a thin, horizontal line of dim light marking the presence of a door that I had heard slam-to as I kicked off my shoes previous to descending. Making for this, I groped for the door-handle, found it, and, grasping it firmly, suddenly turned it and flung the door open.
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