Helen told me that he had decided to study law with Judge Ryder, and that he had asked her how long I expected to stay in Rosville.

Nothing eccentric had been discovered in his behavior; but she was convinced that he would astonish us before long.

The first Wednesday after our party, I was absent from the elocutionary exercise; but the second came round, and I took my place as usual beside Helen.
"This will be Mr.Somers's first and last appearance on our stage," she whispered; "some whim prompts him to come to-day." He delighted Dr.Price by translating from the Agamemnon of AEschylus.
"Re-enter Clytemnestra." "_Men! Citizens! ye Elders of Argos present here._" "Who was Agamemnon ?" I whispered.
"He gave Cassandra her last ride." "Did he upset her ?" "Study Greek and you will know," she replied, frowning at him as he stepped from the platform.
We went to walk in Silver Street after school, and he joined us.
"Do you read Greek ?" he asked her.
"My father is a Greek Professor, and he made me study it when I was a little girl." "The name of Cassandra inspired me to rub up my knowledge of the tragedies." Helen and he had a Homeric talk, while I silently walked by them, thinking that Cassandra would have suited Veronica, and that no name suited me.

From some reason I did not discover, Helen began to loiter, pretending that she wanted to have a look at the clouds.

But when I looked back her head was bent to the ground.