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"Peter goes to the back of the castle, and there is a beautiful garden filled with corn and beans and peas and lettuce and potatoes and beets and onions and turnips and carrots and parsnips and tomatoes and cabbages. PETER GOES TO THE BACK OF THE CASTLE AND THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN FILLED WITH CORNS AND BEANS AND PEAS AND LETTUCE AND POTATOES AND BEETS AND ONIONS AND CARROPS AND TURNIPS AND PARSNIPS AND TOMATOES AND CABBAGES
astle. "We approach the well-known spot and the little picket gate, and the Knight lifts me from the charger's back. 'Here are house and lands, and all are yours, sweet lady, if you have a younger brother. There is treasure hidden in the ground behind the castle, and no one ever finds such things save younger brothers.' "'I have a younger brother,' I cry, '_and his name is Peter_!'" At this point in Nancy's chronicle Peter is nearly beside himself with excitement. He has been sitting on his hassock, his hands outspread upon his fat knees, his lips parted, his eyes shining. Somewhere, sometime, in Nancy's stories there is always a Peter. He lives for that moment! Nancy, stifling her laughter, goes on rapidly: "And so the Knight summons Younger Brother Peter to come, and he flies in a great air ship from Charlestown to Beulah. And when he arrives the Knight asks him to dig for the buried treasure." (Peter here turns up his sleeves to his dimpled elbows and seizes an imaginary implement.)  IN THE YELLOW HOUSE WHICH IS BEULAH CASTLE WE APPROACHED THE WELL KNOWN SPOT AND THE LITTLE PICKET GATE AND THE KNIGHT LIFTS ME FROM THE CHARGER'S BACK HERE ARE THE HOUSE AND LANDS AND ALL ARE YOURS SWEET LADY IF YOU HAVE A YOUNGER BROTHER THERE IS TREASURE HIDDEN IN THE GROUND BEHIND THE CASTLE AND NO ONE EVER FINDS SUCH THINGS SAVE YOUNGER BROTHERS I HAVE A YOUNGER BROTHER I CRY AND HIS NAME IS PETER AT THIS POINT IN NANCY'S CHRONICLE PETER IS NEARLY BESIDE HIMSELF WITH EXCITEMENT HE HAS BEEN SITTING ON HIS TASSOCK HIS HANDS OUTSPREAD UPON HIS FAT KNEES HIS LIPS PARTED HIS EYES SHINING SOMEWHERE SOME TIME IN NANCY'S STORIES THERE IS ALWAYS A PETER HE LIVES FOR THAT MOMENT NANCY STIFLING HER LAUGHTER GOES ON RAPIDLY AND SO THE KNIGHT SUMMONS YOUNGER BROTHER PETER TO COME AND HE FLIES IN A GREAT AIRSHIP FROM CHARLESTON TO BEULAH AND WHEN HE ARRIVES THE KNIGHT ASKS HIM TO DIG FOR THE BURIED TREASURE PETER HERE TURNS UP HIS SLEEVES TO HIS DIMPLED ELBOWS AND SEIZES AN IMAGINARY IMPLEMENT
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