From the open kitchen door came the smell of something good.

But beyond all to Robert was the welcome of Miss Lammie, whose small fat hand closed upon his like a very love-pudding, after partaking of which even his grandmother's stately reception, followed immediately by the words 'Noo be dooce,' could not chill the warmth in his bosom.
I know but one writer whose pen would have been able worthily to set forth the delights of the first few days at Bodyfauld--Jean Paul.

Nor would he have disdained to make the gladness of a country school-boy the theme of that pen.

Indeed, often has he done so.

If the writer has any higher purpose than the amusement of other boys, he will find the life of a country boy richer for his ends than that of a town boy.
For example, he has a deeper sense of the marvel of Nature, a tenderer feeling of her feminality.