I think the messenger who brought the book last night must have had some note, and forgot to deliver it. Do you think there has been any message left to-day?"
"I will go and inquire, papa," said Margaret, after the changes on these sentences had been rung once or twice, "Stay, there's a ring!" She sat down instantly, and bent her head attentively over her work. She heard a step on the stairs, but it was only one, and she knew it was Dixon's. She lifted up her head and sighed, and believed she felt glad.
"It's that Higgins, sir. He wants to see you, or else Miss Hale. Or it might be Miss Hale first, and then you, sir; for he's in a strange kind of way."
"He had better come up here, Dixon; and then he can see us both, and choose which he likes for his listener."

Has there been any message left today?'
'I will go and inquire, papa,' said Margaret.
'Wait, there's a ring!'
She sat down instantly, and bent her head attentively over her work. She heard a step on the stairs, but knew it was only Dixon's. She lifted up her head and sighed, and believed she felt glad.
'It's that Higgins, sir. He wants to see you, or else Miss Hale. He's in a strange kind of way.'
'He had better come up here, Dixon; and then he can see us both.'
