She jerked her chin down heavily as if it were made of iron.
Barnabas went out quickly, and shut the door with a thud.
[Illustration: "Barnabas went out quickly"] "If he was a few years younger, I'd make him come back an' shut that door over again," said his mother.
Caleb read on; he was reading now one of the imprecatory psalms.
Deborah's blue eyes gleamed with warlike energy as she listened: she confused King David's enemies with those people who crossed her own will.
Barnabas went out of the yard, which was wide and deep on the south side of the house.

The bright young grass was all snowed over with cherry blossoms.

Three great cherry-trees stood in a row through the centre of the yard; they had been white with blossoms, but now they were turning green; and the apple-trees were in flower.
There were many apple-trees behind the stone-walls that bordered the wood.

The soft blooming branches looked strangely incongruous in the keen air.

The western sky was clear and yellow, and there were a few reefs of violet cloud along it.