18/22 The new hired girl, happening to wake just as it began, heard it, and bounced out of bed under the impression that morning had come. And as it is dark at 5 A.M.just at that season, she did not perceive her mistake, but went down into the kitchen and began to get breakfast. He opened his room door cautiously and crept softly to the head of the stairs to listen. He could distinctly hear some one moving about the kitchen and dining-room and apparently packing up the china. Accordingly, he went back to his room and woke Mrs.Potts, and gave her orders to spring the rattle out of the front window the moment she heard his gun go off. |