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She looked from its windows onto the gardens "fore and aft," and they seemed, like the rest of little Beulah village, full of sweet promise. SHE LOOKED FROM ITS WINDOWS ON TO THE GARDENS FORE AND AFT AND THEY SEEMED LIKE THE RESTIVE LITTLE BEULAH VILLAGE FULL OF SWEET PROMISE
g, basting, filing, planing, hammering, turning, polishing, moulding, measuring, chiselling, clipping, and so forth, as men do when they go to work to make anything. But instead of that she sat quite still with her chin upon her hand, looking down into the sea with two great blue eyes as blue as the sea itself. (As blue as our own mother's blue velvet bonnet, Kitty would have said.) Was Beulah the right place, wondered Mrs. Carey as she dropped asleep. And all night long she heard in dreams the voice of that shining little river that ran under the bridge near Beulah village; and all night long she walked in fields of buttercups and daisies, and saw the June breeze blow the tall grasses. She entered the yellow painted house and put the children to bed in the different rooms, and the instant she saw them sleeping there it became home, and her heart put out little roots that were like tendrils; but they grew so fast that by morning they held the yellow house fast and refused to let it go. G FITTING STITCHING COBBLING BASTING FILING PLANING HAMMERING TURNING POLISHING MOULDING MEASURING CHISELING CLIPPING AND SO FORTH AS MEN DO WHEN THEY GO TO WORK TO MAKE ANYTHING BUT INSTEAD OF THAT SHE SAT QUITE STILL WITH HER CHIN UPON HER HAND LOOKING DOWN INTO THE SEA WITH TWO GREAT BLUE EYES AS BLUE AS THE SEA ITSELF AS BLUE AS HER OWN MOTHER'S BLUE VELVET BONNET KITTY WOULD HAVE SAID WAS BEULAH THE RIGHT PLACE MUTTERED MISSUS CAREY AS SHE DROPPED ASLEEP AND ALL NIGHT LONG SHE HEARD IN DREAMS THE VOICE OF THAT SHINING LITTLE RIVER THAT RAN UNDER THE BRIDGE NEAR BEULAH VILLAGE AND ALL NIGHT LONG SHE WALKED IN FIELDS OF BUTTERCUPS AND DAISIES AND SAW THE JUNE BREEZE BLOW THE TALL GRASSES SHE ENTERED THE YELLOW PAINTED HOUSE AND PUT THE CHILDREN TO BED IN THE DIFFERENT ROOMS AND THE INSTANT SHE SAW THEM SLEEPING THERE IT BECAME HOME AND HER HEART PUT OUT LITTLE ROOTS THAT WERE LIKE TENDRILS BUT THEY GREW SO FAST THAT BY MORNING THEY HELD THE YELLOW HOUSE FAST AND REFUSED TO LET IT GO
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