1960 In the library of a stately house, at four o'clock on a New-Year's morning, stands the Burglar, with his dark-lantern in his hand. He has collected in a neat group on the library table, around the large silver inkstand, the silver paper-cutter, the silver seal, the massive silver candlesticks from the mantel, various small bronzes from their brackets, several exquisite small paintings, and some delicate ivory carvings. He looks at these objects with an air of satisfaction, and then, in a spirit of tireless enterprise, with the purpose of amassing greater value, he makes the light of his lantern play vividly about the room. It falls at last on the figure of the Little Child, who has so softly opened the door from the hallway as to have entered unheard. She is in her nightgown, and as the light strikes her the Burglar starts back, while she puts her hand to her eyes to shield them from the glare. She speaks in the high, piping voice of children on the stage; the Burglar rolls a husky bass from his bearded lips . Contains 67 words in 7 sentences using 312 chars . embarrassed : Contains 32 words in 2 sentences using 146 chars . Contains 35 words in 3 sentences using 163 chars . Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 100 chars . delighted : Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars . Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 54 chars . Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 83 chars . Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 47 chars . Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars . Contains 24 words in 3 sentences using 108 chars . Contains 63 words in 5 sentences using 287 chars . Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 57 chars . Contains 42 words in 6 sentences using 182 chars . Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars . Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars . Contains 41 words in 4 sentences using 185 chars . suddenly lifting her head, and looking into his eyes : Contains 23 words in 4 sentences using 107 chars . Contains 99 words in 5 sentences using 439 chars . with increasing sympathy : Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 16 chars . Contains 77 words in 2 sentences using 380 chars . slipping from his knee : Contains 67 words in 6 sentences using 294 chars . Contains 30 words in 4 sentences using 139 chars . Contains 34 words in 4 sentences using 145 chars . in consternation : Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 60 chars . Contains 32 words in 4 sentences using 156 chars . clasping his hands and lifting his eyes to heaven : Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 6 chars . He has barely time to hurl himself into the closet, and close the door on his fingers, with a bated "Ouch!" when the library door opens and the Papa, in his long dressing-gown and his tasselled smoking-cap, such as people have not worn for many years, enters stealthily, shading his lamp with his hand. He starts at sight of the Little Child . Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 72 chars . Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars . glancing at the clock : Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 16 chars . Contains 50 words in 4 sentences using 239 chars . haggardly : Contains 35 words in 5 sentences using 161 chars . Contains 30 words in 4 sentences using 136 chars . with ghastly irony : Contains 30 words in 4 sentences using 157 chars . Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 50 chars . desolately : Contains 30 words in 5 sentences using 159 chars . Contains 26 words in 3 sentences using 114 chars . flinging open the closet door, and coming out : Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 104 chars . dryly : Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 61 chars . Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars . softly correcting him : Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars . Contains 16 words in 5 sentences using 85 chars . examining them : Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 67 chars . Contains 45 words in 2 sentences using 219 chars . She gazes wistfully into her father's face . to the Burglar : Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars . Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars . Contains 17 words in 4 sentences using 74 chars . He takes a small check-book from the pocket of his dressing-gown, and after filling out a check, he carefully studies the signature of a letter which he has spread on the table before him . softly, to the Burglar : Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars . The Burglar steals into the dining-room and returns with the solid silver in a bag hung over his shoulder. At the same moment, the Mamma, deeply veiled and wrapped in a sealskin motoring-cloak, as if for an instant journey, appears from the hallway . Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars . glancing up at her : Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 42 chars . Contains 126 words in 13 sentences using 624 chars . Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 101 chars . Contains 77 words in 6 sentences using 390 chars . speaking after a thoughtful muse : Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 46 chars . Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 64 chars . Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 46 chars . Contains 27 words in 2 sentences using 125 chars . Contains 96 words in 11 sentences using 480 chars . He hides his face in his arms on the table. At the same moment, the Burglar starts forward and drops the bag of silver from his shoulders, with a clang . Contains 60 words in 5 sentences using 272 chars . starting to her feet : Contains 6 words in 3 sentences using 33 chars . Contains 40 words in 3 sentences using 183 chars . faltering : Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars . Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars . hoarsely : Contains 151 words in 18 sentences using 834 chars . starting petulantly and flinging down his pen : Contains 26 words in 3 sentences using 128 chars . Contains 27 words in 4 sentences using 126 chars . She drops on one knee beside him, and peers over at the writing to which he has returned . returning to his work : Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars . playfully : Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 94 chars . absently : Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 56 chars . Writing slowly . Contains 30 words in 6 sentences using 166 chars . She drops the check and hides her face in her hands. The Burglar, placing his fingers on his lips and winking at the Little Child, who clasps her hands and hops delightedly up and down, possesses himself of the Mamma's satchel . Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 104 chars . Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars . Contains 32 words in 2 sentences using 161 chars . Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 40 chars . Contains 41 words in 2 sentences using 212 chars . Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 99 chars . Contains 30 words in 2 sentences using 148 chars . Contains 16 words in 4 sentences using 82 chars . Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars . Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 50 chars . Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars . Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars . Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 106 chars . Contains 62 words in 6 sentences using 332 chars . Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars . Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 56 chars . She pushes him from his place, and arranging the papers before her, takes up the pen, when the tall, bent figure of the Old Father shows itself at the door. He hobbles forward with the help of a stick, and speaks in a cackling falsetto . Contains 98 words in 8 sentences using 442 chars . He sinks into the sofa, coughing and gasping . Contains 28 words in 4 sentences using 135 chars . coming forward and taking his stick : Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars . Contains 22 words in 4 sentences using 91 chars . turning aside to the Little Child and speaking in a low voice : Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars . joyously : Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 55 chars . Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars . to the Papa : Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 45 chars . Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 74 chars . Contains 36 words in 3 sentences using 165 chars . He embraces the Little Child . with a lack-lustre stare : Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 47 chars . Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 14 chars . Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 52 chars . lightly : Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars . Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars . petulantly : Contains 19 words in 1 sentence using 86 chars . Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars . Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 82 chars . after an interval long enough to grasp the fact : Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 57 chars . flinging down her pen in exasperation : Contains 83 words in 4 sentences using 427 chars . Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars . Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 63 chars . feebly cackling : Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 45 chars . Contains 36 words in 3 sentences using 164 chars . sobered : Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars . Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 6 chars . Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars . Contains 19 words in 1 sentence using 82 chars . Contains 49 words in 5 sentences using 261 chars . whistling : Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars . Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 82 chars . She flings herself at his feet . Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 69 chars . coldly : Contains 34 words in 2 sentences using 164 chars . firmly : Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars . Contains 55 words in 6 sentences using 241 chars . Contains 54 words in 4 sentences using 262 chars . springing to her feet : Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars . Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars . Contains 36 words in 4 sentences using 196 chars . showing herself at the door : Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars . Contains 69 words in 5 sentences using 318 chars . Contains 55 words in 7 sentences using 290 chars . Contains 35 words in 4 sentences using 180 chars . thoughtfully : Contains 38 words in 4 sentences using 175 chars . Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars . Contains 112 words in 10 sentences using 528 chars . She bows her head on her father's hand . Contains 27 words in 3 sentences using 123 chars . rising, and fetching her breath convulsively : Contains 18 words in 5 sentences using 107 chars . Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars . Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars . Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 65 chars . with senile gayety : Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 87 chars . coming forward, and removing his fur coat for him . Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 60 chars . She dances in a transport of joy . to the Old Father : Contains 33 words in 2 sentences using 155 chars . Contains 27 words in 5 sentences using 125 chars . humoring the ruse : Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 62 chars . Contains 45 words in 4 sentences using 212 chars . Contains 46 words in 5 sentences using 212 chars . Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 67 chars . She turns to the Burglar for confirmation . Contains 80 words in 4 sentences using 362 chars . softly to Fortescue : Contains 80 words in 6 sentences using 432 chars . softly: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 84 chars . Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 62 chars . loudly : Contains 72 words in 4 sentences using 355 chars . Contains 33 words in 3 sentences using 175 chars . sotto voce, in passing her on her way to her husband's mechanical embrace : Contains 3 words in 3 sentences using 26 chars . Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 73 chars . Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars . Contains 48 words in 3 sentences using 239 chars . She appeals to the half-grown boy with eyes of tender entreaty, as he advances into the room . staring at them with a haggard face : Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars . fondly : Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars . Contains 19 words in 3 sentences using 87 chars . Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars . Contains 34 words in 2 sentences using 143 chars . Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars . Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars . Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 45 chars . Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 61 chars . Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars . Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars . Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 63 chars . Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 67 chars . Contains 78 words in 7 sentences using 378 chars . with her arm round his neck : Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars . Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars . coming forward to Fortescue, while Frederick pauses irresolute : Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars . Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars . Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 58 chars . Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 35 chars . Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 31 chars . Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars . bewildered : Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 8 chars . Contains 52 words in 2 sentences using 234 chars . softly : Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 66 chars . Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 48 chars . Contains 61 words in 4 sentences using 352 chars . Contains 15 words in 4 sentences using 71 chars . The Little Child has stolen to the organ, and as Fortescue and Geraldine move forward, followed by the Papa and Mamma, she strikes up the Wedding March from "Lohengrin." Geraldine nervously halts the party . Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 60 chars . Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars . Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 45 chars . Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars . nobly : Contains 31 words in 3 sentences using 150 chars . Contains 36 words in 7 sentences using 184 chars . She rushes to support him on one side, and the Mamma rushes to support him on the other . Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars . Contains 4 words in 3 sentences using 24 chars . Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars . Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars . Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars . fiercely, with a return of his vigor : Contains 24 words in 5 sentences using 106 chars . Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars . Contains 30 words in 4 sentences using 140 chars . in her high, piping stage voice, with her hands dropped, and her eyes devoutly raised : Contains 32 words in 1 sentence using 183 chars . solemnly from the centre of the stage picture : Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 75 chars .