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So saying she kissed him and went her way . In twenty minutes after that , he had gone to sleep over his book ; and when he woke up to find the candle guttering down , he resolved that he would not begin his measured hours till Christmas-day was fairly over . The morning of Christmas-day passed very quietly . They all went to church , and then sat round the fire chatting until the four o'clock dinner was ready . The Coverdale girls thought it was rather more dull than former Thwaite Hall festivities , and Frank was seen to yawn . But then everybody knows that the real fun of Christmas never begins till the day itself be passed . The beef and pudding are ponderous , and unless there be absolute children in the party , there is a difficulty in grafting any special afternoon amusements on the Sunday pursuits of the morning .