78 Sivalloivs' Nests indoors. 



Latin and English words of which every great school 

 has its specimens ; dates of daj' and month when 

 doubtless soine daring expedition was carried out ; 

 and here and there (originally hidden behind furni- 

 ture, we may suppose) bitter words of hatred against 

 the injustice of ruUng authorities — arbitrarj- ushers 

 and cruel masters. 



The casements, broken and blown in, have per- 

 mitted all the winds of heaven to wreak their will ; 

 and the storms sweeping over from the adjacent 

 downs beat as they choose upon the floor. Within 

 an upper window — now obviously enough a wind- 

 door — two swallows' nests haA'e been built against 

 the wall close to the ceiling, and their pleasant twit- 

 ter greets you as you enter ; and so does the whist- 

 ling of the starlings on the roof. But without there, 

 below, the ring of the bricklayer's trowel as he chips 

 a brick has already given them notice to quit. 



