"Plaisted will surely be up in good time to-morrow, as we have
much work ahead of us if we intend to catch the train."
"Yes, I'll be up to-morrow morning without fail," he replied. "I don't see
how it is that I oversleep myself so often when I am here; I fully intended
to get up to breakfast this morning, but missed it. However, you will see
me to-morrow morning at the breakfast table, Miss Dexie, if I am alive," he
added jokingly, as he waved a good-night to Gussie.
"Very well; but if you are not up in time we shan't wait for you," said
Dexie, smiling, "for dead men need no breakfast."
"Oh! you'll see, Miss Dexie, I'll be up to-morrow in time, without fail,"
and he laughed as he disappeared up the stairs.
But when eight o'clock came next morning, it brought no Plaisted with it,
and Dexie horrified them by asking if they had better go up and view the
remains.
Breakfast was eaten in silence. Mr. Sherwood was vexed at Plaisted's
laziness when there was so much need of energetic work to make up for time
lost and wasted.
"Perhaps he did not hear the bell," said Gussie, as the clock struck nine.
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