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It belongs to Hugo's cousins, and you can get it for a song." The reasons she gave for its being obtainable on these terms    its remoteness from a station, its lack of electric light, hot water pipes, and other vulgar necessities    were exactly those pleading in its favor with two romantic Americans perversely in search of the economic drawbacks which were associated, in their tradition, with unusual architectural felicities. IT BELONGS TO HUGO'S COUSINS AND YOU CAN GET IT FOR A SONG THE REASONS SHE GAVE FOR ITS BEING OBTAINABLE ON THESE TERMS ITS REMOTENESS FROM A STATION ITS LACK OF ELECTRIC LIGHT HOT WATER PIPES AND OTHER VULGAR NECESSITIES WERE EXACTLY THOSE PLEADING IN ITS FAVOUR WITH TWO ROMANTIC AMERICANS PERVERSELY IN SEARCH OF THE ECONOMIC DRAWBACKS WHICH WERE ASSOCIATED IN THEIR TRADITION WITH UNUSUAL ARCHITECTURAL FELICITIES
h Wharton (1862-1937) Afterward 🎥 by Edith Wharton (1862-1937) Approximate Word Count: 11870 I "Oh, there is one, of course, but you'll never know it." The assertion, laughingly flung out six months earlier in a bright June garden, came back to Mary Boyne with a sharp perception of its latent significance as she stood, in the December dusk, waiting for the lamps to be brought into the library. The words had been spoken by their friend Alida Stair, as they sat at tea on her lawn at Pangbourne, in reference to the very house of which the library in question was the central, the pivotal "feature." Mary Boyne and her husband, in quest of a country place in one of the southern or southwestern counties, had, on their arrival in England, carried their problem straight to Alida Stair, who had successfully solved it in her own case; but it was not until they had rejected, almost capriciously, several practical and judicious suggestions that she threw it out: "Well, there's Lyng, in Dorsetshire. RE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBER BOX NOT A WORK AFTERWARD BY EDITH WHARTON READ BY CHARLES BLAKEMORE AFTERWARD PART ONEH THERE IS ONE OF COURSE BUT YOU'LL NEVER KNOW IT THE ASSERTION LAUGHINGLY FLUNG OUT SIX MONTHS EARLIER IN A BRIGHT JUNE GARDEN CAME BACK TO MARY BOYNE WITH A NEW PERCEPTION OF ITS SIGNIFICANCE AS SHE STOOD IN THE DECEMBER DUSK WAITING FOR THE LAMPS TO BE BROUGHT INTO THE LIBRARY THE WORDS HAD BEEN SPOKEN BY THEIR FRIEND ALIDA STAIR AS THEY SAT AT TEA ON HER LAWN AT PANGBURN IN REFERENCE TO THE VERY HOUSE OF WHICH THE LIBRARY IN QUESTION WAS THE CENTRAL THE PIVOTAL FEATURE MARY BOYNE AND HER HUSBAND IN QUEST OF A COUNTRY PLACE IN ONE OF THE SOUTHERN OR SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES HAD ON THEIR ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND SO CARRIED THEIR PROBLEM STRAIGHT TO ALIDA STAIR WHO HAD SUCCESSFULLY SOLVED IT IN HER OWN CASE BUT IT WAS NOT UNTIL THEY HAD REJECTED ALMOST CAPRICIOUSLY SEVERAL PRACTICAL AND JUDICIOUS SUGGESTIONS THAT SHE THREW OUT WELL THERE'S LYING IN DORSETSHIRE
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