Not greatly disturbed, however, he pulled down the shade, yawned, and began to, undress, leaving further investigation for the morning.
But in the morning he had forgotten all about it, and raised his shade, to let in the light, without even glancing toward the ground.

Not until he had finished dressing did he look forth from his window, and then his glance was casual.

The next instant his attitude became electric, and he gave utterance to a bellow of dismay.

He ran from his room, plunged down the stairs, out of the front door, and, upon a nearer view of the destroyed lawn, began to release profanity upon the breezeless summer air, which remained unaffected.

Between his mother's house and his grandfather's, excavations for the cellars of five new houses were in process, each within a few feet of its neighbour.