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Chapter 46

           

           SelectingfromthefewqueerhousesuponMillPondBankahousewithawoodenfrontandthreestoriesofbow-window(notbay-window,whichisanotherthing),Ilookedattheplateuponthedoor,andreadthere,Mrs.Whimple.ThatbeingthenameIwanted,Iknocked,andanelderlywomanofapleasantandthrivingappearanceresponded.Shewasimmediatelydeposed,however,byHerbert,whosilentlyledmeintotheparlorandshutthedoor.Itwasanoddsensationtoseehisveryfamiliarfaceestablishedquiteathomeinthatveryunfamiliarroomandregion;andIfoundmyselflookingathim,muchasIlookedatthecorner-cupboardwiththeglassandchina,theshellsuponthechimney-piece,andthecoloredengravingsonthewall,representingthedeathofCaptainCook,aship-launch,andhisMajestyKingGeorgetheThirdinastatecoachman’swig,leather-breeches,andtop-boots,ontheterraceatWindsor.

           "Alliswell,Handel,"saidHerbert,"andheisquitesatisfied,thougheagertoseeyou.Mydeargirliswithherfather;andifyou’llwaittillshecomesdown,I’llmakeyouknowntoher,andthenwe’llgoupstairs.That’sherfather."

           Ihadbecomeawareofanalarminggrowlingoverhead,andhadprobablyexpressedthefactinmycountenance.

           "Iamafraidheisasadoldrascal,"saidHerbert,smiling,"butIhaveneverseenhim.Don’tyousmellrum?Heisalwaysatit."

           "Atrum?"saidI.

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