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His voice in speaking is wonderfully pleasing, and he has a habit of cocking his head on one side, in a bird like fashion. "Indeed," Mr. Petheridge Jukesbury observed, "it is very true that God made the country and man made the town. HIS VOICE IN SPEAKING IS WONDERFULLY PLEASING AND HE HAS A HABIT OF COCKING HIS HEAD ON ONE SIDE IN A BIRD LIKE FASHION INDEED MISTER PETHERIDGE JUKESBURY OBSERVED IT IS VERY TRUE THAT GOD MADE THE COUNTRY AND MAN MADE THE TOWN
 divers schemes for benefiting the universe were in opulent vein. Billy heard them silently. "I have spent the entire morning by the lake," Mr. Kennaston informed the party at large, "in company with a mocking-bird who was practising a new aria. It was a wonderful place; the trees were lisping verses to themselves, and the sky overhead was like a robin's egg in colour, and a faint wind was making tucks and ruches and pleats all over the water, quite as if the breezes had set up in business as mantua-makers. I fancy they thought they were working on a great sheet of blue silk, for it was very like that. And every once in a while a fish would leap and leave a splurge of bubble and foam behind that you would have sworn was an inserted lace medallion." Mr. Kennaston, as you are doubtless aware, is the author of "The King's Quest" and other volumes of verse. He is a full-bodied young man, with hair of no particular shade; and if his green eyes are a little aged, his manner is very youthful. URN HER COUNSELLORS IN DIVERS SCHEMES FOR BENEFITING THE UNIVERSE WERE AN OPULENT VEIN BILLY HEARD THEM SILENTLY I HAVE SPENT THE ENTIRE MORNING BY THE LAKE MISTER CADASTON INFORMED THE PARTY AT LARGE IN COMPANY WITH A MOCKING BIRD WHO WAS PRACTISING A NEW ARIA IT WAS A WONDERFUL PLACE THE TREES WERE LISPING VERSES TO THEMSELVES AND THE SKY OVERHEAD WAS LIKE A ROBIN'S EGG IN COLOUR AND A FAINT WIND WAS MAKING TUCKS AND RUSHES AND PLEATS ALL OVER THE WATER QUITE AS IF THE BREEZES HAD SET UP IN BUSINESS AS MANTUA MAKERS I FANCY THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE WORKING ON A GREAT SHEET OF BLUE SILK FOR IT WAS VERY LIKE THAT AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE A FISH WOULD LEAP AND LEAVE A SPLURGE OF BUBBLE AND FOAM BEHIND THAT YOU WOULD HAVE SWORN WAS AN INSERTED LACE MEDALLION MISTER CANASTON AS YOU ARE DOUBTLESS AWARE IS THE AUTHOR OF THE KING'S QUEST AND OTHER VOLUMES OF VERSE HE IS A FULL BODIED YOUNG MAN WITH HAIR OF NO PARTICULAR SHADE AND IF HIS GREEN EYES ARE A LITTLE AGED HIS MANNER IS VERY YOUTHFUL
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