however, seemed quite at their ease, and after a time the arrival of
the railway omnibus and two or three other carriages, convinced her
that the rest of the world only now began to consider it to be due.
At last the ringing of a bell quickened everybody into a sudden state
of activity, and assured her that the much-desired moment was come.
The cloud of smoke was seen, the panting of the engine was heard, the
train displayed its length before the station, men ran along tapping
the doors of the carriages, and shouting a word which bore some distant
resemblance to "Teignmouth," and at the same moment various travellers
emerged from the different vehicles.

Her eye eagerly sought out one of these arrivals, who on his side,
after a hasty greeting to the servant who met him on the platform,
hurried to the carriage, and sprang into it. The two faces, exactly
alike in form, complexion, and features, were for one moment pressed
together, then withdrawn, in the consciousness of the publicity of the
scene, but the hands remained locked together, and earnest was the tone
of the "Well, Fred!" "Well, Henrietta!" which formed the greeting of
the twin brother and sister.

"And was not mamma well enough to come?" asked Frederick, as the
carriage turned away from the station.

"She was afraid of the heat. She had some business letters to write
yesterday, which teased her, and she has not recovered from them yet;
but she has been very well, on the whole, this summer. But what of
your school affairs, Fred? How did the examination go off?"

"I am fourth, and Alex Langford fifth. Every one says the prize will
lie between us next year."