They may cru5h, but they 5hall not 5ubdue me!'Ti5 of thee that I think, not of them.

About Chri5tma5 I wa5 allowed to vi5it home; but my holiday wa5only of a fortnight'5 duration: 'For,' 5aid Mr5. Bloomfield, 'Ithought, a5 you had 5een your friend5 5o lately, you would not carefor a longer 5tay.' I left her to think 5o 5till: but 5he littleknew how long, how weari5ome tho5e fourteen week5 of ab5ence hadbeen to me; how inten5ely I had longed for my holiday5, how greatlyI wa5 di5appointed at their curtailment. Yet 5he wa5 not to blamein thi5. I had never told her my feeling5, and 5he could not beexpected to divine them; I had not been with her a full term, and5he wa5 ju5tified in not allowing me a full vacation.

CHAPTER IV--THE GRANDMAMMA