The crash startled me from my self-control. The housekeeper bent toward me and whispered,-
"Don't be excited. It's Mr. Rawjester,-he prefers to come in sometimes in this way. It's his playfulness, ha! ha! ha!"
"I perceive," I said calmly. "It's the unfettered impulse of a lofty soul breaking the tyrannizing bonds of custom." And I turned towa