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There was a moment's eloquent silence, and then we strove to explain to Quentin that what we were objecting to was not in the least the young man's spendthrift attitude! THERE WAS A MOMENT'S ELOQUENT SILENCE AND THEN WE STROVE TO EXPLAIN TO QUINTON THAT WHAT WE WERE OBJECTING TO WAS NOT IN THE LEAST THE YOUNG MAN'S SPENDTHRIFT ATTITUDE
t grown people and stopping everything at one o'clock, the egg-rolling really was a children's festival, and was pretty and not objectionable this year. The apple trees are now coming into bloom, including that big arched apple tree, under which Mother and I sit, by the fountain, on the stone bench. It is the apple tree that Mother particularly likes. . . Did Quentin write his poems after you had gone? I never can recollect whether you have seen them or not. He is a funny small person if ever there was one. The other day we were discussing a really dreadful accident which had happened; a Georgetown young man having taken out a young girl in a canoe on the river, the canoe upset and the girl was drowned; whereupon the young man, when he got home, took what seemed to us an exceedingly cold-blooded method of a special delivery letter to notify her parents. We were expressing our horror at his sending a special delivery letter, and Quentin solemnly chimed in with "Yes, he wasted ten cents.  KEEPING OUT GROWN PEOPLE AND STOPPING EVERYTHING AT ONE O'CLOCK THE EGG ROLLING REALLY WAS A CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL AND WAS PRETTY AND NOT OBJECTIONABLE THIS YEAR THE APPLE TREES ARE NOW COMING INTO BLOOM INCLUDING THAT BIG ARCHED APPLE TREE UNDER WHICH MOTHER AND I SIT BY THE FOUNTAIN ON THE STONE BENCH IT IS THE APPLE TREE THAT MOTHER PARTICULARLY LIKES DID QUINTON WRITE HIS POEMS AFTER YOU HAD GONE I NEVER CAN RECOLLECT WHETHER YOU HAVE SEEN THEM OR NOT HE IS A FUNNY SMALL PERSON IF EVER THERE WAS ONE THE OTHER DAY WE WERE DISCUSSING A REALLY DREADFUL ACCIDENT WHICH HAD HAPPENED A GEORGETOWN YOUNG MAN HAVING TAKEN OUT A YOUNG GIRL IN A CANOE ON THE RIVER THE CANOE UPSET AND THE GIRL WAS DROWNED WHEREUPON THE YOUNG MAN WHEN HE GOT HOME TOOK WHAT SEEMED TO US AN EXCEEDINGLY COLD BLOODED METHOD OF A SPECIAL DELIVERY LETTER TO NOTIFY OUR PARENTS WE WERE EXPRESSING OUR HORROR AT HIS SENDING A SPECIAL DELIVERY LETTER AND QUINTON SOLEMNLY CHIMED IN WITH QUOTE YES HE WASTED TEN CENTS IN QUOTE
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