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Chapter IV

           Fromthiswindowwerevisibletheporter’slodgeandthecarriage-road,andjustasIhaddissolvedsomuchofthesilver-whitefoliageveilingthepanesasleftroomtolookout,Isawthegatesthrownopenandacarriagerollthrough. Iwatcheditascendingthedrivewithindifference;carriagesoftencametoGateshead,butnoneeverbroughtvisitorsinwhomIwasinterested;itstoppedinfrontofthehouse,thedoor-bellrangloudly,thenew-comerwasadmitted. Allthisbeingnothingtome,myvacantattentionsoonfoundlivelierattractioninthespectacleofalittlehungryrobin,whichcameandchirrupedonthetwigsoftheleaflesscherry-treenailedagainstthewallnearthecasement. Theremainsofmybreakfastofbreadandmilkstoodonthetable,andhavingcrumbledamorselofroll,Iwastuggingatthesashtoputoutthecrumbsonthewindow-sill,whenBessiecamerunningupstairsintothenursery. 

           "MissJane,takeoffyourpinafore;whatareyoudoingthere?Haveyouwashedyourhandsandfacethismorning?" IgaveanothertugbeforeIanswered,forIwantedthebirdtobesecureofitsbread: thesashyielded;Iscatteredthecrumbs,someonthestonesill,someonthecherry-treebough,then,closingthewindow,Ireplied 

           "No,Bessie;Ihaveonlyjustfinisheddusting." 

           "Troublesome,carelesschild!andwhatareyoudoingnow?Youlookquitered,asifyouhadbeenaboutsomemischief:whatwereyouopeningthewindowfor?" 

           Iwassparedthetroubleofanswering,forBessieseemedintoogreatahurrytolistentoexplanations;shehauledmetothewashstand,inflictedamerciless,buthappilybriefscrubonmyfaceandhandswithsoap,water,andacoarsetowel;disciplinedmyheadwithabristlybrush,denudedmeofmypinafore,andthenhurryingmetothetopofthestairs,bidmegodowndirectly,asIwaswantedinthebreakfast-room. 

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