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Kennaston, as you are doubtless aware, is the author of "The King's Quest" and other volumes of verse. CANASTON AS YOU ARE DOUBTLESS AWARE IS THE AUTHOR OF THE KING'S QUEST AND OTHER VOLUMES OF VERSE
 had! and what lashes! and what hair!--and altogether, how adorable she was, and what a wonder the admiring gods hadn't snatched her up to Olympus long ago! Thus far Mr. Woods. But if Miss Hugonin was somewhat taciturn, her counsellors in 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.  OH WHAT EYES SHE HAD AND WHAT LASHES AND WHAT HAIR AND ALTOGETHER HOW ADORABLE SHE WAS AND WHAT A WONDER THE ADMIRING GODS HADN'T SNATCHED HER UP TO OLYMPUS LONG AGO THUS FAR MISTER WOODS BUT IF MISS HUGONIAN WAS SOMEWHAT TACITURN 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
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