Be a good boy and learn all you can . '' He hesitated a moment and then said slowly , `` If you do n't like it , come back . '' `` Did you bid good-bye to your rock people ? '' Miss Trevor asked him with a smile as they drove away . `` No . I -- could n't -- I -- I -- did n't even tell them I was going away . Nora would break her heart . I 'd rather not talk of them anymore , if you please . Maybe I wo n't want them when I 've plenty of books and lots of other boys and girls -- real ones -- to play with . '' They drove the ten miles to the town where they were to take the train the next day . Paul enjoyed the drive and the sights of the busy streets at its end . He was all excitement and animation . After they had had tea at the house of the friend where Miss Trevor meant to spend the night , they went for a walk in the park . Paul was tired and very quiet when they came back . He was put away to sleep in a bedroom whose splendours frightened him , and left alone . At first Paul lay very still on his luxurious perfumed pillows . It was the first night he had ever spent away from the little seaward-looking loft where he could touch the rafters with his hands . He thought of it now and a lump came into his throat and a strange , new , bitter longing came into his heart . He missed the sea plashing on the rocks below him -- he could not sleep without that old lullaby . He turned his face into the pillow , and the longing and loneliness grew worse and hurt him until he moaned .
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