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"Ah, Henderson!" said Walter, in that tone of real regard and pleasure which is the truest sign and pledge of friendship, and which no art can counterfeit, "I'm so glad to see you again: how did you and Dubbs get on?" "All right, Walter," said Henderson; "but he's gone to bed with a bad headache. Come in and see him before you go to bed. I know he'd like to say good-night." "Well done.
"If you like," said Kenrick, who was, I am sorry to say, not a little jealous of the friendship which had sprung up between Power and Walter. "And would you mind Daubeny joining us?" "Not at all; and he's clearly overworking himself. It'll do him good. Let me see you, Power, Flip, Dubbs, and me; that'll be enough, won't it?" "Well, I should like to ask Eden."
Although Henderson had chaffed Daubeny on his virtuous stillness, yet all the boys sat very nearly as quiet as Dubbs himself during school hours. Even Henderson and such mercurial spirits were awed into silence and sobriety. You would hardly have known that in that quarter of the room there was a form at all. Quicksilver itself would have lost its volatility under Mr Paton's manipulation.
Walter, like all other sensible boys, felt for Daubeny a very sincere admiration and regard. Daubeny's fearless rectitude, on the night when his own indulged temper led him into such suffering, had left a deep impression on his mind, and, since then, Dubbs had always been among the number of his more intimate friends.
Lots of fellows are going to be confirmed this time about a hundred, I believe but I don't suppose one of them thinks of it so solemnly as dear old Dubbs unless, indeed, it's Power, who also is to be confirmed." The confirmation was to take place on a Sunday, and the candidates had long been engaged in a course of preparation.
"There, just pin that on the turkey when it is ready, and carry it over here to Dubbs's David Dubbs is my clerk. He will understand the card, and bring the turkey out to my house. I shouldn't be so particular about it if Mrs. Griffin had not impressed it on me this morning. I almost forgot it, too." Then asking the price, and answering, "That is very high, Cuffy;" to which that young man replied,
It was a curious sight to see the two boys together Power with his fine and thoughtful face beaming with intelligence, Dubbs with large, heavy features and awkward gait; Power sitting down with his book and perfectly mastering the lesson in a quarter of an hour, and then turning round to say, with a bright arch look, "Well, Dubbs, I've learnt the lesson; how far are you?" "Learnt the lesson?
Bound by the most solemn and public recognition of, and adhesion to, their Christian duty, it would be easier for them thenceforth to confess Christ before men easier to do justice, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with their God. "Do you think it would be possible to see Dubbs? I should so like to see him," said Walter.
I have never been idle since then." Power mused a little, and then said "But, dear Dubbs, you'll make your brain heavy by the time examination begins; you won't be able to do yourself justice." He did not answer; but a weary look, which Power had often observed, with anxiety, came over his face. "I'm afraid I must turn back, Power," he said; "I'm quite tired done up." "I've been thinking so, too.
Griffin was quickly re-restored, this time to a state of injured perfection, and after the united apologies of herself and husband, and more abuse of poor, luckless David Dubbs, the company concluded with pretty bad grace to make the most of what had been prepared in the way of vegetables and side dishes, long ago cold. Mr.
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