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With what diffidence, as the generations passed, would each first peep over the wall be undertaken. In some years it would be scaled from one side, in some ages from the other. What a barrier that old red wall would have seemed! WITH THAT DIFFIDENCE AS THE GENERATIONS PASSED WOULD EACH FIRST PEEP OVER THE WALL BE UNDERTAKEN AND SOME YEARS IT WOULD BE SCALED FROM ONE SIDE AND SOME AGES FROM THE OTHER WHAT A BARRIER THAT OLD RED WALL WOULD HAVE SEEMED
go, standing for all those ages between two gardens. For would not the temptation arise to peer over the wall if a young man heard, perhaps songs, one evening the other side? And at first he would have some pretext and afterwards none at all, and the pretext would vary wonderfully little with the generations, while the ivy went on growing thicker and thicker. The thought might come of climbing the wall altogether and down the other side, and it might seem too daring and be utterly put away. And then one day, some wonderful summer evening, the west all red and a new moon in the sky, far voices heard clearly and white mists rising, one wonderful summer day, back would come that thought to climb the great old wall and go down the other side. Why not go in next door from the street, you might say. That would be different, that would be calling; that would mean ceremony, black hats, and awkward new gloves, constrained talk and little scope for romance. It would all be the fault of the wall. BUILT AS THEY BUILT LONG AGO STANDING FOR ALL THOSE AGES BETWEEN TWO GARDENS FOR WOULD NOT THE TEMPTATION ARISE TO PEER OVER THE WALL IF A YOUNG MAN HEARD PERHAPS SONGS ONE EVENING THE OTHER SIDE AND AT FIRST HE WOULD HAVE SOME PRETEXT AND AFTERWARDS NONE AT ALL AND THE PRETEXT WOULD VARY WONDERFULLY LITTLE WITH THE GENERATIONS WHILE THE IVY WENT ON GROWING THICKER AND THICKER THE THOUGHT MIGHT COME OF CLIMBING THE WALL ALTOGETHER AND DOWN THE OTHER SIDE AND IT MIGHT SEEM TOO DARING AND BE UTTERLY PUT AWAY AND THEN ONE DAY SOME WONDERFUL SUMMER EVENING THE WEST ALL RED AND A NEW MOON IN THE SKY FAR VOICES HEARD CLEARLY IN WHITE MISTS RISING ONE WONDERFUL SUMMER DAY BACK WOULD COME THAT THOUGHT TO CLIMB THE GREAT OLD WALL AND GO DOWN THE OTHER SIDE WHY NOT GO IN NEXT DOOR FROM THE STREET YOU MIGHT SAY THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT THAT WOULD BE CALLING THAT WOULD MEAN CEREMONY BLACK HATS AND AWKWARD NEW GLOVES CONSTRAINED TALK AND LITTLE SCOPE FOR ROMANCE IT WOULD ALL BE THE FAULT OF THE WALL
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