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face. He came down the back stairs to the pantry
door,-he would do it, though I was afraid it would
frighten Sally too much," said the cowardly boy, as
he saw the terribly severe look Mr. Gilbert's face
assumed.
 For a few minutes there was a dead silence, and
then Mr. Gilbert spoke.
 "Go home at once, Adolphus, take your sister
with you, and beg your father to come to us
instantly. Cook, do you go upstairs and tell Miss
Polly that she is to go to bed at once, and that I
forbid her to leave her room. Come back, then, and
help nurse to carry this unfortunate girl to bed."