She was fully supplied with all the necessaries of life, and it has seldom happened that a young girl has been left in such a responsible and independent position as that in which we left Pomona.
She was very proud of it.
Our journey was ten times more delightful than we had expected it would be, and successful in every way; and yet, although we enjoyed every hour of the trip, we were no sooner fairly on our way home than we became so wildly anxious to get there, that we reached Rudder Grange on Wednesday, whereas we had written that we would be home on Thursday.

We arrived early in the afternoon and walked up from the station, leaving our baggage to be sent in the express wagon.

As we approached our dear home, we wanted to run, we were so eager to see it.
There it was, the same as ever.

I lifted the gate-latch; the gate was locked.

We ran to the carriage-gate; that was locked too.