Calico Illustrated Calssics: The House of the Seven Gables

Calico Illustrated Calssics: The House of the Seven Gables — page 3
Finally the lieutenant governor arrived and expected to be greeted by his host He demanded explanation for Pyncheon’s absence A servant explained that the colonel had ordered that he not be disturbed Colonel Pyncheon has simply lost track of the time the aristocrat insisted He will want to be told of my arrival Even so the servant said nervously my master’s orders were clear and I dare not vary from them Pooh said the lieutenant governor I will take the matter into my own hands And the man stomped loudly to the colonel’s door with a cluster of guests following him He pounded on the door several times with no response Very strange the man muttered As he turned the door handle a gust of wind flung the door open wide Colonel Pyncheon sat in an oaken chair beneath a huge portrait of himself At first the portrait and the man seemed to glare together 6