In a little while she too began to read.
They had supper at nine; at ten o'clock Mrs.Grail kissed her son's forehead and bade him good-night, adding, 'Don't sit long, my dear.' Every night she took leave of him with the same words, and they were not needless.

Gilbert too often forgot the progress of time, and spent in study the hours which were demanded for sleep.
His daily employment was at a large candle and soap factory.

By such work he had earned his living for more than twenty years.

As a boy, he had begun with wages of four shillings a week, his task being to trim with a knife the rough edges of tablets of soap just stamped out.

By degrees he had risen to a weekly income of forty shillings, occasionally increased by pay for overtime.