Vernon

Vernon treats his students with nothing but disdain, verbally haranguing them every chance he gets.

But the barrel-chair was finished before Mrs. Vernon returned.

He was not gone long, however, and when he returned, he nodded satisfactorily to Mrs. Vernon.

Mrs. Vernon looked at it in surprise, and gasped: Why, of all things!

She looked at him wistfully, as if he might perhaps explain; but Vernon said nothing.

Major Vernon was not going to church on this bright winter's morning.