Silencesilenceensued then for a moment , at the end of which interval Dale heardheara rapid clip-clop on the rocky trail outside .
When the people observedobserveI was quiet , they discharged no more arrows ; but , by the noisenoiseI heardhear, I knewknowtheir numbers increasedincrease; and about four yards from me , over against my right ear , I heardheara knockingknockfor above an hour , like that of people at work ; when turningturnmy head that way , as well as the pegs and strings would permit me , I sawseea stage erectederectabout a foot and a half from the ground , capable of holding four of the inhabitants , with two or three ladders to mount it : from whence one of them , who seemed to be a person of quality , made me a long speechspeech, whereof I understood not one syllable .
I heardhearof him first in rather a romantic manner , from a lady who owes to him the happiness of her life .
I heardheara confused noisenoiseabout me ; but in the posture I lay , could see nothing except the sky .
Then away out in the woods I heardhearthat kind of a soundsoundthat a ghost makes when it wants to tell about something that 's on its mind and ca n't make itself understood , and so ca n't rest easy in its grave , and has to go about that way every night grieving .
Margaret heardhearher aunt 's voicevoiceagain , but this time it was as if she had raised herself up from her half-recumbent position , and were looking into the more dimly lighted back drawing-room .
That day , while it was yet light , and he was diggingdigin a moist white-bordered wash for water , he was broughtbringsharply up by hearinghearthe crackcrackof hard hoofs on stone .
He was swelled with a tale he had heardhearfrom a reliable friend , who had heardhearit from a truthful cavalryman , who had heardhearit from his trustworthy brother , one of the orderlies at division headquarters .
Mrs. Rachel knew that he ought because she had heardhearhim tell Peter Morrison the evening before in William J. Blair ’s store over at Carmody that he meant to sow his turnip seed the next afternoon .
‘ Well , ’ resumedresumeRose ; ‘ I was going to tell you an important piece of news I heardhearthere — I have been burstingburstwith it ever since .
The stars were shining , and the leaves rustled in the woods ever so mournful ; and I heardhearan owl , away off , who-whooing about somebody that was dead , and a whippowill and a dog cryingcryabout somebody that was going to die ; and the windwindwas tryingtryto whisper something to me , and I could n't make out what it was , and so it made the cold shiversshiverrun over me .
“ This son of mine , ” he heardhearher telltella room full of awestruck , admiring women one day , “ is entirely sophisticated and quite charming -- but delicate -- we 're all delicate ; _ here _ , you know . ”
The hare triedtryto get through the fence ; it was too thick , and she turnedturnsharp round to make for the road , but it was too late ; the dogs were upon her with their wild criescry; we heardhearone shriekshriek, and that was the endendof her .
The handsome girl waitedwaitfor some time idly in her place , and the only soundsoundheardhearin the stillness was the hoppinghopof the canary up-and down the perches of its prison .
I heardhearafterward that it was young George Gordon , the squire ’s only son , a fine , tall young man , and the pride of his family .
She only knew that people were ill and that she heardhearmysterious and frightening soundssound.
She wentgowith her mother , who , of course , when she heardhearof a stranger being in the neighbourhood , would be on pins and needles till she had seen her and got all she could out of her .
But the creatures ranrunoff a second time , before I could seize them ; whereupon there was a great shoutshoutin a very shrill accent , and after it ceasedceaseI heardhearone of them crycryaloud _ Tolgo phonac _ ; when in an instant I feltfeelabove a hundred arrows dischargeddischargeon my left hand , which , prickedprickme like so many needles ; and besides , they shotshootanother flightflightinto the air , as we do bombs in Europe , whereof many , I suppose , fell on my body , ( though I felt them not ) , and some on my face , which I immediately coveredcoverwith my left hand .
I do myself the honour of callingcallas soon as possible after my arrivalarrival, to expressexpressthe hope that I have not inconvenienced you by my perseverance in soliciting the occupation of Thrushcross Grange : I heardhearyesterday you had had some thoughts -- ' ' Thrushcross Grange is my own , sir , ' he interruptedinterrupt, wincingwince. '