The door (i)_____________ (open) by a young man.

His face at first (ii)______________(wear) the melancholy expression,

almost despondency, of one who (iii)_____________ (travel) a wild and bleak road,

at nightfall and alone, but soon (iv) ______________ (bright) up when he saw the kindly warmth of his reception.

He felt his heart (v)_______________(spring) forward to meet them all,

from the old woman, who wiped a chair with her apron, to the little child that (vi)____________ (hold) out its arms to him.One glance and smile placed the stranger on a footing of innocent familiarity with the eldest daughter.

Ah, this fire is the right thing" cried he; "especially when there is such a pleasant circle round it. I am quite (vii) _________________ (benumb);

for the Notch is just like the pipe of a great pair of bellows; it has (vii)__________a terrible blast in my face all the way from Bartlett."