"So it is! I regret to say we are not yet ready to go." At the same moment Dab was whispering,-- "We mustn't start until it's nearly done tolling." "What's that ?" asked Frank.
"Don't you know?
It's always so in the country.

First they ring the bell, as it's ringing now.

That's to set people a-going.

Then they toll it.

You'll hear in a few minutes.