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My father is the curate of a village church, about five miles from Amwell. I was born in the parsonage-house, which joins the church-yard. The first thing I can remember was my father teaching me the alphabet from the letters on a tombstone that stood at the head of my mother's grave. I used to tap at my father's study-door; I think I now hear him say, "Who is there?
Slowly and reluctantly the people went, and a silence sadder than the sobs and grieving voices settled down on the house. Reuben sat on the stairs, his head leaning against the study-door. Presently he heard a light step coming down. It was young Mrs. Plummer, the mother of Benjy. She whispered, "I've found Reuby. He's asleep on the garret floor.
This little interruption put Stephen off his speech; and the three, locking the study-door, settled down to talk rationally, or, at any rate, as rationally as they could, over affairs. "You see," said Wraysford, "I can't imagine now what possessed me to make such a fool of myself." "Now you needn't begin at that again," said Oliver.
But I see to her some, and mean to. I like her." The study-door opened, and there was no time for an answer from any one; but as Mr Snow went up the hill he said to himself: "Yes, I shall see to her. She is smart enough and good enough for him if he does expect to go to Congress." "I like the wood fires," said Graeme. "They are far clearer than the peat fires at home."
About eleven o'clock the next morning, Mr Inglis was sitting in his study, writing; Mrs Inglis was working at the open window, and occasionally watching the boys, who were amusing themselves upon the lawn, when all at once a knock came at the study-door.
The others, juge and garde and huissier and chemist, chief of gendarmerie, and all the rest of the regular frequenters of the table, were called away by their own avocations. Paul, sitting with his study-door ajar, looking as if prepared to be absorbed in labour at any moment, watched them as they went out by ones and twos, and knew that at last Laurent and Annette were together.
Osborne, who was sitting and shading his eyes with his hand, as he had been doing for some time, looked up at the noise, and then rose as quickly and hurried after his father, only in time to hear the study-door locked on the inside the moment he reached it. Osborne returned into the dining-room chagrined and sorrowful.
"Will you go in and see papa, or in there?" asked she, glancing towards the parlour door, and shading her eyes as she spoke. "Well, I guess I'll sit down here. It won't be long before Mis' Snow'll be going along down. But don't you wait. Go right in to your father." Graeme opened the study-door and went in. "I will tell him to-night," said she. "God help us."
For as he opened the study-door he saw Pembury just outside, leaning against the wall with his eyes on the clock as it struck ten. As he caught sight of Stephen emerging from the head master's study, his countenance fell, and he said eagerly and half-anxiously, "Didn't I tell you ten o'clock, Greenfield?" "Yes, but the Doctor said half-past nine.
These four worthies, who, by a most curious coincidence, happened to be loafing outside Cusack's study-door at the very moment when Pilbury started off to find them, had much pleasure in accepting their friend's kind invitation; and the rest, finding themselves out of it, yapped off disconsolately, agreeing inwardly that Cusack was the stingiest beast in all Willoughby.
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