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omthehearthsreadingoverthefoorandshiningonthewhiteclothlaidovertheendofthetablewaswarmandcheery.Malcolmsonsatdowntohisdinnerwithagoodaetiteandabuoyantsirit.Afterhisdinnerandacigarettehesatsteadilydowntowork,determinednottoletanythingdisturbhim,forherememberedhisromisetothedoctor,andmadeuhismindtomakethebestofthetimeathisdisosal.
Foranhourorsoheworkedallright,andthenhisthoughtsbegantowanderfromhisbooks.Theactualcircumstancesaroundhim,thecallsonhishysicalattention,andhisnervoussuscetibilitywerenottobedenied.Bythistimethewindhadbecomeagale,andthegaleastorm.Theoldhouse,solidthoughitwas,seemedtoshaketoitsfoundations,andthestormroaredandragedthroughitsmanychimneysanditsqueeroldgables,roducingstrange,unearthlysoundsintheemtyroomsandcorridors.Eventhegreatalarmbellontheroofmusthavefelttheforceofthewind,fortheroeroseandfellslightly,asthoughthebellweremovedalittlefromtimetotime,andthelimberroefellontheoakfoorwithahardandhollowsound.
AsMalcolmsonlistenedtoithebethoughthimselfofthedoc