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They went down to the lodge to talk it over with old Bob. 'I don't think Easter can be much nicer than Christmas!' said Olive, as she climbed up on the old man's knees. THEY WENT DOWN TO THE LODGE TO TALK IT OVER WITH OLD BOB I DON'T THINK EASTER CAN BE MUCH NICER THAN CHRISTMAS SAID OLIVER AS SHE CLIMBED UP ON THE OLD MAN'S KNEES
ently. 'They told me this afternoon, when I found them in the conservatory, that they were pretending it was summer. And Roland added shrewdly, "You see, Aunt Sibyl, James shuts out the winter in here, doesn't he? And so he makes it easy for us to forget it. We pretend there is no cold, and no dead trees and flowers and graves, when we are here. Don't you think it a good plan?" I told them I thought it a very good plan. It is the same game we older people play at sometimes. We shut out from our minds and thoughts what we would rather not remember.' 'Sibyl is turning into a parson,' said Miss Amabel with a laugh. [Illustration] Miss Sibyl did not mind the laugh. 'The children are unfolding a parable to me,' she said quietly, 'and I am getting the benefit of its interpretation.' Christmas came and went, and Roland and Olive, with the delights of a Christmas tree, and a party, and all the brightness attending that festive season, were a little shaken in their views upon an English winter. TURALLY FEEL THE DIFFERENCE YES REMARKED MISS SYBIL GENTLY THEY TOLD ME THIS AFTERNOON WHEN I FOUND THEM IN THE CONSERVATORY THAT THEY WERE PRETENDING IT WAS SUMMER AND ROLAND ADDED SHREWDLY YOU SEE AUNT SYBIL JAMES SHUTS OUT THE WINTER IN HERE DOESN'T HE AND SO HE MAKES IT EASY FOR US TO FORGET IT WE PRETEND THERE IS NO COLD AND NO DEAD TREES AND FLOWERS AND GRAVES WHEN WE ARE HERE DON'T YOU THINK IT A GOOD PLAN I TOLD THEM I THOUGHT IT A VERY GOOD PLAN IT IS THE SAME GAME WE OLDER PEOPLE PLAY AT SOMETIMES WE SHUT OUT FROM OUR MINDS AND THOUGHTS WHAT WE WOULD RATHER NOT REMEMBER SYBYL IS TURNING INTO A PARSON SAID MISS AMABEL WITH A LAUGH MISS SYBIL DID NOT MIND THE LAUGH THE CHILDREN ARE UNFOLDING ARE PARABLE TO ME SHE SAID QUIETLY AND I AM GETTING THE BENEFIT OF ITS INTERPRETATION CHRISTMAS CAME AND WENT AND ROLAND AND OLIVE WITH THE DELIGHTS OF A CHRISTMAS TREE AND A PARTY AND ALL THE BRIGHTNESS ATTENDING THE FESTIVE SEASON WERE A LITTLE SHAKEN IN THEIR VIEWS UPON AN ENGLISH WINTER
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