Something of the same idle notionnotioncomes to me to-day , when from the street-window I looklookon the slow stream of human life creepingcreeppast , night and morning , to the great mills .
A harsher , shriller notenotestruck in as of many and ruder voices ; but above it flew the first sweet musicmusic, birdlike , abandoned , and the boy creptcreepcloser .
He was not yet in sight ; and her-eyes creptcreepback to the package , her thoughtsthoughtseeming to run upon what was inside it .
Once she creptcreepinto the dining-room and found it empty , though a partly finished meal was on the table and chairs and plates looked as if they had been hastily pushed back when the diners rose suddenly for some reason .