In sudden impotent choler he snapped the stem of the unlighted pipe, threw the pieces into the corner and went out, shutting his office door behind him with a vehemence that made the building shiver.
CHAPTER VII—THE BUSINESS OF HUMAN HEARTS
THAT CALLED SQUIRE PHIN TO THE COVE ROAD
Uncle Elnathan Shaw one day
Started down cellar, usual way,
Plannin’ in usual way to draw
Cider enough for ’foresaid Shaw;
But he happened to slip on the upper stair,