7:15 A.M.
In spite of the inhospitable air it gives the place , I think we must keep the gates closed . Why was Jenks-Smith inspired to start a land-boom here and fate allowed to make fashion smile on it , when we were so uneventfully happy , so twinfully content ? * * * * * Martin Cortright arrived on Wednesday , and is safely ensconced with Martha and Timothy Saunders , who could give him the couple of plainly furnished rooms he desired , and breakfast at any hour . For a man of no hours -LRB- which usually means he never breakfasts before nine -RRB- to forgather cheerfully at a commuter 's table at 7:15 A.M. is a trial to him , and a second breakfast is apt to cause a cloud in Madam C. 's domestic horizon . Therefore , father allowed Martin to do as he suggested , live at the farm cottage and work here in the library or attic den , as suits his convenience . In this way he feels quite independent , has motive for exercise in walking to and fro , and as he is always welcome to dine with us , can mix his portion of solitude and society in the exact proportion of his taste , even as his well-shaped fingers carefully blend the tobacco for his outdoor pipe . Dear old fellow , he seems so happy and bubbling over with good temper at having overstepped the tyranny of habit , that I shall almost expect to see his gray hairs turn brown again as the wintry pelt of the weasel does in spring .