on board an but though she had seen all the members of the family she had not yet heard all the noise they could make another quarter of an hour brought her a great deal more william was soon calling out from the landing place of the second story for his mother and for he was in distress for something that he had left there and did not find again a key was accused of having got at his new hat and some slight but essential alteration of his uniform waistcoat which he had been promised to have done for him entirely neglected mrs price and all went up to defend themselves all talking together but and the job was to be done as well as it could in a great hurry � william trying in vain to send down again or keep her from being troublesome where she was the whole of which as almost every door in the house was open could be plainly distinguished in the parlor except when drowned at intervals by the superior noise of sam tom and charles chasing each other up and down stairs and tumbling about and was almost stunned the of the house the of the walls brought everything so close to her that added to the fatigue of her journey and all her recent agitation she hardly knew how to bear it within the room all was tranquil enough for having disappeared with the others there were soon only i ark her father and herself remaining and he out newspaper the loan of a applied himself ti studying it without ing to recollect her the solitary was held between himself and the paper without any reference to her possible but had nothing to do and was glad to have the light from her aching head aa she sat in bewildered broken sorrowful contemplation she was at home but alas it was not a home had not such a welcome as � she checked herself she was unreasonable what right had she to be of importance to her family she could have none so long lost sight of william s concerns must be dearest � they always had been � and he had every right yet to have little said or asked about herself � to have scarcely an inquiry made after it did pain her to have forgotten the friends who had done ao much � the dear dear friends i but here one subject swallowed up all the rest perhaps it must he so the destination of the must be now pre eminently interesting a day or two might show the difference she only was to yet she thought it would not have been so at no in her uncle s house there would have been a consideration of times and seasons a of subject a pro an attention towards everybody which there was not here the only interruption which thoughts like these received fur nearly half an hour was from a and den burst of her t s not at all calculated t i park compose them at a more ordinary pitch of and in the passage he exclaimed devil take those young dogs how they are singing out ay sam s voice louder than all the rest that is fit for a � you there � sam � stop your confounded pipe or i shall he after you this threat was sa disregarded that though within five minutes afterwards the three all into the room together and sat down could not consider it as a proof of anything more than their for the time thoroughly which their hot faces and panting seemed to prove especially as they were still kicking each other s and out at sudden starts immediately under their father s eye the next opening of the door brought something more welcome it was for the tea things which she had begun almost to despair of seeing that evening and an attendant girl whose inferior appearance informed to her great surprise that she had previously seen the upper servant brought in everything necessary for the meal looking as she put the kettle on the fire and glanced at her sister as if divided between the agreeable triumph of showing her activity and usefulness and the dread of being thought to herself by such an she had been into the kitchen she said to hurry sally and help make the toast and spread the bread and butter or she did not know when they should have got tea and she was sure her sister must want something after her journey was very thankful she could not but own that she should he very of a little tea immediately set it as it pleased to have the employment all to herself and with only a little bustle and some few attempts at keeping her in better order than very well s spirit was as much refreshed as her body her head and heart were soon the better fur much well timed kindness had an open sensible countenance she was william and hoped find lier like bim iu disposition and good will towards herself in this more placid state of things william followed not far behind by his mother and he complete iu hia lieutenant s uniform looking and moving all the taller firmer and more graceful for it and with the happiest smile over his face walked u i directly to who rising from her seat looked at him for a moment in speechless admiration and then threw arms round his neck to out her various emotions of pain and pleasure anxious not to appear unhappy she soon recovered herself and wiping away her tears was able to notice and admire all the striking parts of bis dress listening with spirits to his cheerful hopes of being on shore some part of every day before they sailed and even of getting her to to see the the 