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You may depend upon it, Margaret was not looking her worst that afternoon. By actual count, Célestine had done her hair six times before reaching an acceptable result. And, "Yes, Célestine, you may get out that pale yellow dress. YOU MAY DEPEND UPON IT MARGARET WAS NOT LOOKING AT HER WORSE THAT AFTERNOON BY ACTUAL COUNT SELESTIN HAD DONE HER HAIR SIX TIMES BEFORE REACHING AN ACCEPTABLE RESULT AND YES CELESTINE YOU MAY GET OUT THAT PALE YELLOW DRESS
rs paces with divers persons--the statement being made by a lady who may be considered to speak with some authority, having triumphantly withstood the ravages of Chronos for a matter of three centuries. But I doubt if even the insolent sweet wit of Rosalind could have devised a fitting simile for Time's gait at Selwoode those five days that Billy lay abed. Margaret could not but marvel at the flourishing proportion attained by the hours in those sunlit spring days; and at dinner, say, her thoughts harking back to luncheon, recalled it by a vigorous effort as an affair of the dim yester-years--a mere blurred memory, faint and vague as a Druidical tenet or a Merovingian squabble. But the time passed for all that; and eventually--it was just before dusk--she came, with Martin Jeal's permission, into the room where Billy was. And beside the big open fireplace, where a wood fire chattered companionably, sat a very pallid Billy, a rather thin Billy, with a great many bandages about his head. T TIME TRAVELS IN DIVERSE PACES WITH DIVERSE PERSONS THE STATEMENT BEING MADE BY A LADY WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED TO SPEAK WITH SOME AUTHORITY HAVING TRIUMPHANTLY WITHSTOOD THE RAVAGES OF CRONOS FOR A MATTER OF THREE CENTURIES BUT I DOUBT IF EVEN THE INSOLENT SWEET WIT OF ROSALIND COULD HAVE DEVISED A FITTING SIMILE FOR TIMESGATE AT SELLWOOD THOSE FIVE DAYS THAT BILLY LAY ABED MARGARET COULD NOT BUT MARVEL AT THE FLOURISHING PROPORTION ATTAINED BY THE HOURS IN THOSE SUNLIT SPRING DAYS AND AT DINNER SAY HER THOUGHTS HARKING BACK TO LUNCHEON RECALLED IT BY A VIGOROUS EFFORT AS AN AFFAIR OF THE DIM YESTER YEARS A MERE BLURRED MEMORY FAINT AND VAGUE AS A DRUIDICAL TENANT OR A MEROVINGIAN SQUABBLE BUT THE TIME PASSED FOR ALL THAT AND EVENTUALLY IT WAS JUST BEFORE DUSK SHE CAME WITH MARTIN JILE'S PERMISSION INTO THE ROOM WHERE BILLY WAS AND BESIDE THE BIG OPEN FIREPLACE WHERE A WOOD FIRE CLUTTERED COMPANIONABLY SAT A VERY PALLID BILLY A RATHER THIN BILLY WITH A GREAT MANY BANDAGES ABOUT HIS HEAD
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