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On this particular forenoon, however, neither Miss Hugonin nor Felix Kennaston had eyes for its comeliness; silently they braved the griffins, and in silence they skirted the fish pond  silver crinkling in the May morning  and passed through cloistral ilex shadowed walks, and amphitheatres of green velvet, and terraces ample and mellow in the sunlight, silently. ON THIS PARTICULAR FORENOON HOWEVER NEITHER MISS HUGONEN NOR FELIX CANNASTON HAD EYES FOR ITS COMELINESS SILENTLY THEY BRAVED THE GRIFFINS AND IN SILENCE THEY SKIRTED THE FISHPOND SILVER CRINKLING IN THE MAY MORNING AND PASSED THROUGH CLOISTRAL ELEX SHADOWED WALKS AND AMPHITHEATRES OF GREEN VELVET AND TERRACES AMPLE AND MELLOW IN THE SUNLIGHT SILENTLY
hing is common and sensible and universally commended; but in her own eyes, the draggled trollop of the pavements was neither better nor worse than she. At the entrance of the next walkway Billy encountered Felix Kennaston--alone and in the most ebulliently mirthful of humours. XX But we had left Mr. Kennaston, I think, in company with Miss Hugonin, at the precise moment she inquired of him whether it were not the strangest thing in the world--referring thereby to the sudden manner in which she had been disinherited. The poet laughed and assented. Afterward, turning north from the front court, they descended past the shield-bearing griffins--and you may depend upon it that each shield is adorned with a bas-relief of the Eagle--that guard the broad stairway leading to the formal gardens of Selwoode. The gardens stretch northward to the confines of Peter Blagden's estate of Gridlington; and for my part--unless it were that primitive garden that Adam lost--I can imagine no goodlier place.  DO DAILY THE THING IS COMMON AND SENSIBLE AND UNIVERSALLY COMMENDED BUT IN HER OWN EYES THE DRAGGLED TROLLOP OF THE PAVEMENTS WAS NEITHER BETTER NOR WORSE THAN SHE AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE NEXT WALKWAY BILLY ENCOUNTERED FELIX CANNASTON ALONE AND THE MOST ABULLANTLY MIRTHFUL OF HUMOURS TWENTY BUT WE HAD LEFT MISTER CANASTON I THINK IN COMPANY WITH MISS HUGONIAN AT THE PRECISE MOMENT SHE INQUIRED OF HIM WHETHER IT WERE NOT THE STRANGEST THING IN THE WORLD REFERRING THEREBY TO THE SUDDEN MANNER IN WHICH SHE HAD BEEN DISINHERITED THE POET LAUGHED AND ASSENTED AFTERWARD TURNING NORTH FROM THE FRONT COURT THEY DESCENDED PAST THE SHIELD BEARING GRIFFINS AND YOU MAY DEPEND UPON IT THAT EACH SHIELD IS ADORNED WITH A BASE RELIEF OF THE EAGLE THAT GUARD THE BROAD STAIRWAY LEADING TO THE FORMAL GARDENS OF SELWOOD THE GARDENS STRETCHED NORTHWARD TO THE CONFINES OF PETER BLAGDEN'S ESTATE OF GRIDLINGTON AND FOR MY PART UNLESS IT WERE THAT PRIMITIVE GARDEN THAT ADAM LOST I CAN IMAGINE NO GOODLIER PLACE
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