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Sitting then on a hospitable doorstep, with the feet and faces of friends passing him in both directions, and love embodied in the warmth of summer all about him, he would eat his strawberries, and inherit the earth. SITTING THEN ON A HOSPITAL DOORSTEP WITH THE FEET AND FACES OF FRIENDS PASSING HIM IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AND LOVE EMBODIED IN THE WARMTH OF SUMMER ALL ABOUT HIM HE WOULD EAT HIS STRAWBERRIES AND INHERIT THE EARTH
pter 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. 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.  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 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
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