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For all answer Hannah arose and boxed his ears . I saw two children intertwine Their arms about each other , Like the lithe tendrils of the vine Around its nearest brother ; And ever and anon , As gayly they ran on , Each looked into the other 's face , Anticipating an embrace . -- _ Richard Monckton Milnes _ . Punctually at nine o'clock on Monday morning Ishmael Worth rendered himself at Brudenell Hall . Mr. Middleton 's school was just such a one as can seldom , if ever , be met with out of the Southern States . Mr. Middleton had been a professor of languages in one of the Southern universities ; and by his salary had supported and educated a large family of sons and daughters until the death of a distant relative enriched him with the inheritance of a large funded property . He immediately resigned his position in the university , and -- as he did not wish to commit himself hastily to a fixed abode in any particular neighborhood by the purchase of an estate -- he leased the whole ready-made establishment at Brudenell Hall , all furnished and officered as it was .