Chester. I involuntarily
stopped, and, looking up, she invited me to come in. Instantly I
accepted the invitation, but with a sort of an apology for the
intrusion.
"Oh, this is the public parlor," she said, "although everything about
this house seems private at present. We generally have families
staying with us in the summer, but last week nearly all of them went
away to the sea-shore. In a few days, however, we expect to be full
again."
She immediately began to talk about Walford, for evidently the subject
interested her, and I answered all her questions as well as I could.
"You may know that my husband taught that school. I was his scholar
before I became his wife."
I had heard of a Mr. Chester who, before me, had taught the school,
but, although the information had not interested me at the time, now
it did. I wished very much to ask what Mr. Chester was doing at
present, but I waited.
"I went to boarding-school after I left Walford," said she, "and so
for a time lost sight of the village, although I have often visited it
since.
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