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`` Mr. Marshall , '' said Lizzie , on the evening of the sixth day , `` will you leave Melrose without seeing my school , and telling me what you think of my avocation ? '' `` Certainly not , if you will allow me the pleasure , and to-morrow is the only time I have left , '' he replied . `` Well , then , come to-morrow if you like , and see me enthroned in my kingdom . My school opens at eight o'clock , for in this country we teach a long , honest day . Our people know nothing of the five-hour system , '' she replied merrily . `` Then , Miss Heartwell , if you will grant me the pleasure , I 'll call early in the morning , and we 'll stroll by the river-side . I must tell you further of my coming to Melrose , and then I 'll see you in your field of labor .