"First day" at school is pretty safe to be a peace-day also; and none of the wordy collisions went too far, although it was plain that the new-comers had not yet attained any high degree of popularity.
After supper Dick Lee set off for Dr. Brandegee's, and his friends attended him nearly to the gate.
They would have been glad to have had a report of his visit from him, on his return; but he had his "chores" to do then, and any amount of careful instruction concerning them to receive from Mrs. Myers and Almira.
The other three were more thoroughly tired out than they had at all expected, and were all quite ready to agree with Frank Harley,—
"We'd better get to bed, boys. I want to see if this is a good house to sleep in."
"Sleep?" said Ford. "I could go to sleep in an omnibus."
Early to bed meant early to rise, necessarily; and they were all up and dressed the next morning, when Dick Lee slipped in on them. Before they had time to ask him a question, he exclaimed,—
"I say, Cap'n Dab, is you goin' to church dis mornin'?"
"Of course. We're all going."
"So I heerd Mrs. Myers tell Miss Almiry. She's goin' to take you along wid her when she goes."