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`` Just when Mr. Harrington thinks best , '' she replied , and thus appealed to , Richard , guided by Edith 's voice , came forward and joined them . `` Any time , '' he said . `` To-morrow , if you like , '' adding that he believed he , too , was to be always present . Edith 's eyes sought those of Arthur , reading there a reflection of her own secret thoughts , to wit , that THREE would he one too many , but they could not tell him so and Arthur responded at once , `` Certainly , I shall expect you both , say to-morrow at ten o'clock ; I am most at leisure then . '' The next morning , at the appointed time , Richard and Edith appeared at Grassy Spring , where they found Arthur waiting for them , his portfolio upon the table , and his pencils lying near , ready to be used . `` I am afraid you 'll find it tiresome , Mr. Harrington , '' he said , as he assigned his visitor a chair , and then went back to Edith . `` I shall do very well , '' answered Richard , and so he did for that lesson , and the next , and the next , but at last , in spite of his assertion to the contrary , he found it dull business going to Grassy Spring twice each week , and sitting alone with nothing to occupy his mind , except , indeed , to wonder how NEAR Arthur was to Edith , and if he bent over her as he remembered seeing drawing teachers do at school .