If he raises any spirits in that back room of his, I'd leave 'em alone, if I was you.

So long as you're decent, I'll put up with--" But Mr.Smith was on his way to the gate, whistling as if he hadn't a care in the world.

Captain Cy watched him go down the road, and then, with the drawn, weary look on his face which had been there since the day before, he entered the sitting room and threw himself into a chair.
Miss Phoebe Dawes, the school teacher, worked late that evening.

There were examination papers to be gone over, and experience had demonstrated that the only place where she could be free from interruptions was the schoolroom itself.

At the perfect boarding house the shrill tones of Keturah's voice and those of Miss Phinney and Mrs.Tripp penetrated through shut doors.