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The orchard cottage is inhabited and I 've seen him , and he is Cheiron , and I am going to learn Greek ! '' `` Bless my heart ! '' said Priscilla . `` Well , now , it is long past seven o'clock and you must dress to go down to dessert . '' And all the time she was putting Halcyone into her too short white frock , and brushing her mane of hair , the child kept up a brisk conversation . Silent for hours at a time , when something suddenly interested her she could be loquacious enough . One candle had to be lit before her toilet was completed , and then at half past seven she stole down the stairs , full of shadows , and across the hall to the great dining-room , where the Misses La Sarthe dined in state at seven o'clock , off some thin soup and one other dish , so that at half past seven the cloth had been cleared away by old William -LRB- in a black evening coat now and rather a high stock -RRB- , and the shining mahogany table reflected the two candles in their superb old silver candlesticks .