It was too bad she could not have done so, especially as Dick was most loyally thinking of her, and wishing that she could.
There was no fault to be found by Mrs.Myers, or anybody else, with the strict decorum of her boarders, and their profound attention to the service and sermon; but she felt that she had a duty to perform, and she only waited the proper time for its performance.
The last hymn had been duly sung, and the boys were drifting along with the tide in the aisle towards the door, when Dabney nudged Ford with his elbow.
"We're nabbed, Ford." "No escape this time, that's a fact.

Don't let's try.

She means it all for politeness." They would have been quite willing to have been allowed to get out and go home unnoticed; but there in the porch awaiting them were Mrs.Myers and Almira, and there was no possibility of an escape.

It would have been unkind to try in the face of so much smiling.

Besides, they did board with her; and she had her rights of property, one of which was to show them off, and introduce them.