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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER IV. A PAIR OF BLUE EYES. It was the fourth-form study; a great fire burned in the grate, and the only two occupants of the room to reap the benefit of its warmth were two lads, Tom Jackson and Leo Mason. It was after morning school, a week after Dr. Graham's farewell words in the great schoolroom, and Dr. Macqueen's introduction as the new headmaster. Clear light weather, bright but cold, the school in general was taking advantage of the opportunity to cover the ice like a swarm of bees; the great fields bounding Farmer Flaxman's farm was flooded to the depth of several inches; and this, now that the frost had come formed one great stretch of ice of a kind to delight the skater's heart. Jackson was seated on a wooden chair placed half in the hearth, crouching over the fire as though he were perished with cold; Mason, standing the other side, was looking down at him with a glance, half of pity, half of scorn; his cap was on, a great scarf was round his neck, and his hands were hidden in thick cloth gloves. How do you feel now ? he asked, breaking a lengthy pause. Thank you, I am all right now; it was very kind of you to bring me here. Stuff and nonsense I wasn't going to leave you there to freeze. But I say, young one, it's a puzzle to me what brought you to a place like this. You're a sort of fellow to be wrapped up in cottonwool. A dame-school would be your style; it's little good you'll be doing here. You think so ? The hunchback looked up at him with questioning eyes, as though it were a matter as to which he was himself in doubt. Perhaps they will get used to me in time; it is not often they see a?a He was evidently hesitating to pronounce the word which expressed his own condition, when Mason took him up. Oh, that's ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217465434 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217465439 |
| Weight | 0.72 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.49 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 216 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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