Half a dozen ruthless Sophs, who were among his fellow-boarders, swooped down upon him one night and shaved half of his head.

In this guise the luckless Moody Spurgeon had to go about until his hair grew again.

He told Anne bitterly that there were times when he had his doubts as to whether he was really called to be a minister.
Aunt Jamesina did not come until the girls had Patty's Place ready for her.

Miss Patty had sent the key to Anne, with a letter in which she said Gog and Magog were packed in a box under the spare-room bed, but might be taken out when wanted; in a postscript she added that she hoped the girls would be careful about putting up pictures.

The living room had been newly papered five years before and she and Miss Maria did not want any more holes made in that new paper than was absolutely necessary.