His bedchamber had been a wooden box half full of straw , on which the young boot-black had reposed repose his weary limbs , and slept sleep as soundly as if it had been a bed of down .

" Ah , Ellis , " cried cry Miss Marjoribanks , reposing repose her sorrow in the arms of this anxious attendant , " we must try to be a comfort to poor papa ! "