the back yard with a clothes-pole to let him in ; but MotherAuton generally anticipated anysuch manoeuvre, and greeted herson even before the hack-man hadgotten upon his box. From oursnug quarters in the big bed wecould hear the dull boom of theheavy front door as it shut again,then a little… … 50 RECOLLECTIONS OF AUTON HOUSE. Mr. and Mrs. McLacken slept when they paid us a visit from NewHaven. Mr. McLacken had a neck so thin and long that it re-quired folds upon folds of cravat to build it up to the standard sizeof ordinary necks. He was always on a strict diet, and was con-stantly going…
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