. Little Lord Fauntleroy . mercy knows what s goin to come of it all, an where it s to end, anyou might have knocked me down with a feather when Jane broughtthe news. In fact there was excitement everywhere at the Castle: in thelibrary, where the Earl and Mr. Havisham sat and talked ; in theservants hall, where Mr. Thomas and the butler and the other menand women servants gossiped and exclaimed at all times of the day;and in the stables, where Wilkins went about his work in a quitedepressed state of mind, and groomed the brown pony more beauti-fully than ever, and said mournfully to the coachm
. Little Lord Fauntleroy . mercy knows what s goin to come of it all, an where it s to end, anyou might have knocked me down with a feather when Jane broughtthe news. In fact there was excitement everywhere at the Castle: in thelibrary, where the Earl and Mr. Havisham sat and talked ; in theservants hall, where Mr. Thomas and the butler and the other menand women servants gossiped and exclaimed at all times of the day;and in the stables, where Wilkins went about his work in a quitedepressed state of mind, and groomed the brown pony more beauti-fully than ever, and said mournfully to the coachman that he nevertaught a young genleman to ride as took to it more natral, or wasa better-plucked one than he was. He was a one as it were somepleasure to ride behind. But in the midst of all the disturbance there was one person whowas quite calm and untroubled. That person was the little LordFauntleroy who was said not to be Lord Fauntleroy at all. Whenfirst the state of affairs had been explained to him, he had felt some. 1 SHALL I BE YOUR BOY, EVEN IF I >M NOT GOING TO BE AN EARL? SAID CEDRIC. LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY. 179 little anxiousness and perplexity, it is true, but its foundation wasnot in baffled ambition. While the Earl told him what had happened, he had sat on astool holding on to his knee, as he so often did when he was listen-ing to anything interesting; and by the time the story was finishedhe looked quite sober. It makes me feel very queer, he said; it makes me feel —queer! The Earl looked at the boy in silence. It made him feel queer,too—queerer than he had ever felt in his whole life. And he felt-morequeer still when he saw that there was a troubled expression on thesmall face which was usually so happy. Will they take Dearests house from her- -and her carnage?Cedric asked in a rather unsteady, anxious little voice. AW said the Earl decidedly — in quite a loud voice, in fact. They can take nothing from her. Ah ! said Cedric, with evident relief. Cant
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