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There were chairs, tables, sofa cushions, bowls of roses, and any number of bright coloured rugs. Altogether, it was a cosy place, and the glowing hues of its furnishings were very becoming to Mrs. Saumarez, who sat there writing industriously. THERE WERE CHAIRS TABLES SOFA CUSHIONS BOWLS OF ROSES AND ANY NUMBER OF BRIGHT COLOURED RUGS ALTOGETHER WAS A COSY PLACE AND THE GLOWING HUES OF ITS FURNISHINGS WERE VERY BECOMING TO MISSUS SOMMEREZ WHO SAT THERE WRITING INDUSTRIOUSLY
attering in the dawn outside. Then he was miserable. He tossed, and groaned, and dozed, and smoked cigarettes until he could stand it no longer. He got up and dressed, in sheer desperation, and went for a walk in the gardens. The day was clear as a new-minted coin. It was not yet wholly aired, not wholly free from the damp savour of night, but low in the east the sun was taking heart. A mile-long shadow footed it with Billy Woods in his pacings through the amber-chequered gardens. Actaeon-like, he surprised the world at its toilet, and its fleeting grace somewhat fortified his spirits. But his thoughts pestered him like gnats. The things he said to the roses it is not necessary to set down. XV After a vituperative half-hour or so Mr. Woods was hungry. He came back toward Selwoode; and upon the terrace in front of the house he found Kathleen Saumarez. During the warm weather, one corner of the terrace had been converted, by means of gay red-and-white awnings, into a sort of living-room.  CHAPTER FIFTEEN OF THE EAGLE'S SHADOW BY JAMES BRANCH CABELLE THE SLIPPER OF OX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN ORIGINALLY RECORDED BY JOHN M WILSON FOR BUREAU FORTY TWO DONATED TO LIMPER BOX WITH HIS EXPRESS PERMISSION FIFTEEN AFTER A VITUPERATIVE HALF HOUR OR SO MISTER WOODS WAS HUNGRY HE CAME BACK TOWARDS CELLWOOD AND UPON THE TERRACE IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE HE FOUND KATHLEEN'S SAMOREZ DURING THE WARM WEATHER ONE CORNER OF THE TERRACE HAD BEEN CONVERTED BY MEANS OF GAY RED AND WHITE AWNINGS INTO A SORT OF LIVING ROOM
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