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Since it was absolutely necessary to blast Mr. Kennaston's dearest hopes, she thoughtfully endeavoured to distract his attention from his own miseries  as far as might be possible  by showing him how exactly like an aureole her hair was in the sunlight. Margaret always had a kind heart. SINCE IT WAS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO BLAST MISTER CANASTON'S DEAREST HOPES SHE THOUGHTFULLY ENDEAVOURED TO DISTRACT HIS ATTENTION FROM HIS OWN MISERIES AS FAR AS MIGHT BE POSSIBLE BY SHOWING HIM HOW EXACTLY LIKE AN ORIOLE HER HAIR WAS IN THE SUNLIGHT MARGARET ALWAYS HAD A KIND HEART
 most of her gowns, was all tiny tucks and frills and flounces, diapered with semi-transparencies--unsubstantial, foam-like, mere violet froth. As she came starry-eyed through the gardens, the impudent wind trifling with her hair, I protest she might have been some lady of Oberon's court stolen out of Elfland to bedevil us poor mortals, with only a moonbeam for the changeable heart of her, and for raiment a violet shadow spirited from the under side of some big, fleecy cloud. They came presently through a trim, yew-hedged walkway to a summer-house covered with vines, into which Margaret peeped and declined to enter, on the ground that it was entirely too chilly and gloomy and _exactly_ like a mausoleum; but nearby they found a semi-circular marble bench about which a group of elm-trees made a pleasant shadow splashed at just the proper intervals with sunlight. On this Margaret seated herself; and then pensively moved to the other end of the bench, because a slanting sunbeam fell there. OLET CLAD AND THE GOWN LIKE MOST OF HER GOWNS WAS ALL TINY TUCKS AND FRILLS AND FLOUNCES DIAPERD WITH SEMI TRANSPARENCIES UNSUBSTANTIAL FOAM LIKE MERE VIOLET FROTH AS SHE CAME STARRY EYED THROUGH THE GARDENS THE IMPUDENT WIND TRIFLING WITH HER HAIR I PROTEST SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME LADY OF OBERON'S COURT STOLEN OUT OF ELFIN TO BEDEVIL US POOR MORTALS WITH ONLY A MOONBEAM FOR THE CHANGEABLE HEART OF HER AND FOR RAIMENT OF VIOLENT SHADOW SPIRITED FROM THE UNDERSIDE OF SOME BIG FLEECY CLOUD THEY CAME PRESENTLY THROUGH A TRIM YEW HEDGED WALK TO A SUMMER HOUSE COVERED WITH VINES INTO WHICH MARGARET PEEPED AND DECLINED TO ENTER ON THE GROUND THAT IT WAS ENTIRELY TOO CHILLY AND GLOOMY AND EXACTLY LIKE A MAUSOLEUM BUT NEAR BY THEY FOUND A SEMICIRCULAR MARBLE BENCH ABOUT WHICH A GROUP OF ELM TREES MADE A PLEASANT SHADOW SPLASHED AT JUST THE PROPER INTERVALS WITH SUNLIGHT ON THIS MARGARET SEATED HERSELF AND THEN PENSIVELY MOVED TO THE OTHER END OF THE BENCH BECAUSE A SLANTING SUNBEAM FELL THERE
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