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The poet laughed and assented. Afterward, turning north from the front court, they descended past the shield bearing griffins  and you may depend upon it that each shield is adorned with a bas relief of the Eagle  that guard the broad stairway leading to the formal gardens of Selwoode. The gardens stretch northward to the confines of Peter Blagden's estate of Gridlington; and for my part  unless it were that primitive garden that Adam lost  I can imagine no goodlier place. THE POET LAUGHED AND ASSENTED AFTERWARD TURNING NORTH FROM THE FRONT COURT THEY DESCENDED PAST THE SHIELD BEARING GRIFFINS AND YOU MAY DEPEND UPON IT THAT EACH SHIELD IS ADORNED WITH A BASE RELIEF OF THE EAGLE THAT GUARD THE BROAD STAIRWAY LEADING TO THE FORMAL GARDENS OF SELWOOD THE GARDENS STRETCHED NORTHWARD TO THE CONFINES OF PETER BLAGDEN'S ESTATE OF GRIDLINGTON AND FOR MY PART UNLESS IT WERE THAT PRIMITIVE GARDEN THAT ADAM LOST I CAN IMAGINE NO GOODLIER PLACE
 I leave you now?" queried this ardent lover. "You see, it's absolutely necessary I should see--see Miss Hugonin about this will business. You don't mind very much, do you--darling?" Mr. Woods inquired of her, the last word being rather obviously an afterthought. "No," said she. "Not if you must--dear." Billy went away, lugging a heart of lead in his breast. Kathleen stared after him and gave a hard, wringing motion of her hands. She had done what many women do daily; the thing is common and sensible and universally commended; but in her own eyes, the draggled trollop of the pavements was neither better nor worse than she. At the entrance of the next walkway Billy encountered Felix Kennaston--alone and in the most ebulliently mirthful of humours. XX But we had left Mr. Kennaston, I think, in company with Miss Hugonin, at the precise moment she inquired of him whether it were not the strangest thing in the world--referring thereby to the sudden manner in which she had been disinherited.  AND YOU DON'T MIND DO YOU IF I LEAVE YOU NOW QUERIED THIS ARDENT LOVER YOU SEE IT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY I SHOULD SEE SEE MISS HUGONIAN ABOUT THIS WHEEL BUSINESS YOU DON'T MIND VERY MUCH DO YOU DARLING MISTER WOODS INQUIRED OF HER THE LAST WORD BEING RATHER OBVIOUSLY AN AFTERTHOUGHT NO SAID SHE NOT IF YOU MUST DEAR BILLY WENT AWAY LUGGING A HEART OF LEAD IN HIS BREAST KATHLEEN STARED AFTER HIM AND GAVE A HARD RINGING MOTION OF HER HANDS SHE HAD DONE WHAT MANY WOMEN DO DAILY THE THING IS COMMON AND SENSIBLE AND UNIVERSALLY COMMENDED BUT IN HER OWN EYES THE DRAGGLED TROLLOP OF THE PAVEMENTS WAS NEITHER BETTER NOR WORSE THAN SHE AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE NEXT WALKWAY BILLY ENCOUNTERED FELIX CANNASTON ALONE AND THE MOST ABULLANTLY MIRTHFUL OF HUMOURS TWENTY BUT WE HAD LEFT MISTER CANASTON I THINK IN COMPANY WITH MISS HUGONIAN AT THE PRECISE MOMENT SHE INQUIRED OF HIM WHETHER IT WERE NOT THE STRANGEST THING IN THE WORLD REFERRING THEREBY TO THE SUDDEN MANNER IN WHICH SHE HAD BEEN DISINHERITED
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