You must have some more biscuits for breakfast, for I am a very small eater, and it would not do were it noticed that a greater quantity of food than usual had disappeared." The boys were now again dressed in the clothes prepared for them, and this time put on gloves which Miss Sinclair had also brought, and into which it needed all the boys' efforts to pass their hands.

Fortunately the bonnets of the time completely enveloped the head, concealing the back half, and coming well forward over the face, and when the veils were dropped Miss Sinclair said that unless she had known the truth, she should not have suspected the deception.
When the servant knocked at the door, and said that breakfast was ready, the governess left them, and presently returned, bringing them the biscuits.
"Now," she said, "in a quarter of an hour the carriage will be at the door.

It always comes punctually at nine.

From the window of the opposite room I can see when it arrives.

Now, you quite understand?
You walk straight along this passage.