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Then there were the scents of the laylocks and the roses and the carnations and the sweet peas, that came floating out from the gardens, contending sometimes with those of the grocers' and chemists' shops. Now and then too he came in for a small feed of strawberries, which were very plentiful in their season. THEN THERE WERE THE SCENTS OF THE LAYLOCKS AND THE ROSES AND THE CARNATIONS AND THE SWEET PEAS THAT CAME FLOATING OUT FROM GARDENS CONTENDING SOMETIMES WITH THOSE OF THE GROCERS AND CHEMIST SHOPS NOW AND THEN TOO HE CAME IN FOR A SMALL FEED OF STRAWBERRIES WHICH WERE VERY PLENTIFUL IN THEIR SEASON
in wait a short distance down the Widdiehill, ready to minister to that one of his father’s old comrades who might prove most in need of his assistance; and if he showed him no gratitude, Gibbie had not been trained in a school where he was taught to expect or even to wish for any. I could now give a whole chapter to the setting forth of the pleasures the summer brought him, city summer as it was, but I must content myself with saying that first of these, and not least, was the mere absence of the cold of the other seasons, bringing with it many privileges. He could lie down anywhere and sleep when he would; or spend, if he pleased, whole nights awake, in a churchyard, or on the deck of some vessel discharging her cargo at the quay, or running about the still, sleeping streets. Thus he got to know the shapes of some of the constellations, and not a few of the aspects of the heavens. But even then he never felt alone, for he gazed at the vista from the midst of a cityful of his fellows. ST NIGHTS BE LYING IN WAIT A SHORT DISTANCE DOWN THE WHITTIE HILL READY TO MINISTER TO THAT ONE OF HIS FATHER'S OLD COMRADES WHO MIGHT PROVE MOST IN NEED OF HIS ASSISTANCE AND IF HE SHOWED HIM NO GRATITUDE GIBBEY HAD NOT BEEN TRAINED IN A SCHOOL WHERE HE WAS TAUGHT TO EXPECT OR EVEN TO WISH FOR ANY I COULD NOW GIVE A WHOLE CHAPTER TO THE SETTING FORTH OF THE PLEASURES THE SUMMER BROUGHT HIM CITY SUMMER AS IT WAS BUT I MUST CONTENT MYSELF WITH SAYING THAT FIRST OF THESE AND NOT LEAST WAS THE MERE ABSENCE OF THE COLD OF THE OTHER SEASONS BRINGING WITH IT ANY PRIVILEGES HE COULD LIE DOWN ANYWHERE AND SLEEP WHEN HE WOULD OR SPEND IF HE PLEASED WHOLE NIGHTS AWAKE IN A CHURCHYARD OR ON THE DECK OF SOME VESSEL DISCHARGING HER CARGO AT THE QUAY OR RUNNING ABOUT THE STILL SLEEPING STREETS THUS HE GOT TO KNOW THE SHAPES OF SOME OF THE CONSTELLATIONS AND NOT A FEW OF THE ASPECTS OF THE HEAVENS BUT EVEN THEN HE NEVER FELT ALONE FOR HE GAZED AT THE VISTA FROM THE MIDST OF A CITY FULL OF HIS FELLOWS
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