CHAPTER IX.
With the recovery of a leg sufficiently workable in the matter of climbing stairs, Dr.Farr's boarder had resigned the family couch in the sitting-room and had retired to his spartan chamber under the eaves.

From its open window that night he watched the moon.

Let nothing happen to the universe in the meantime, and there would be a full moon on Friday night.

The professor hoped that nothing would happen.
She had not exactly said "Yes" yet.

He must not forget that.