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"And now the other way," he had said, gently turning her about within his arm; and closely pressed to him, she had absorbed, like some long, satisfying draft, the picture of the gray walled court, the squat lions on the gates, and the lime avenue reaching up to the highroad under the downs. AND NOW THE OTHER WAY HE HAD SAID TURNING HER ABOUT WITHIN HIS ARM AND CLOSELY PRESSED TO HIM SHE HAD ABSORBED LIKE SOME LONG SATISFYING DRAUGHT THE PICTURE OF THE GRAY WALLED COURT THE SQUAT LIONS ON THE GATES AND THE LIME AVENUE REACHING UP TO THE HIGH ROAD UNDER THE DOWNS
f the house as treasure after treasure of their habitation revealed itself to them. It was in this particular connection that she presently recalled a certain soft afternoon of the previous October, when, passing from the first rapturous flurry of exploration to a detailed inspection of the old house, she had pressed like a novel heroine a panel that opened at her touch, on a narrow flight of stairs leading to an unsuspected flat ledge of the roof -- the roof which, from below, seemed to slope away on all sides too abruptly for any but practised feet to scale. The view from this hidden coign was enchanting, and she had flown down to snatch Ned from his papers and give him the freedom of her discovery. She remembered still how, standing on the narrow ledge, he had passed his arm about her while their gaze flew to the long, tossed horizon-line of the downs, and then dropped contentedly back to trace the arabesque of yew hedges about the fish-pond, and the shadow of the cedar on the lawn. LING ARRANGING OF BOOKS AND CALLING TO EACH OTHER FROM REMOTE CORNERS OF THE HOUSE AS TREASURE AFTER TREASURE IT REVEALED ITSELF TO THEM IT WAS IN THIS PARTICULAR CONNECTION THAT SHE PRESENTLY RECALLED A CERTAIN SOFT AFTERNOON OF THE PREVIOUS OCTOBER WHEN PASSING FROM THE FIRST RAPTUROUS FLURRY OF EXPLORATION TO A DETAILED INSPECTION OF THE OLD HOUSE SHE HAD PRESSED LIKE A NOVEL HEROINE A PANEL THAT OPENED ON A FLIGHT OF CORKSCREW STAIRS LEADING TO A FLAT LEDGE ON THE ROOF THE ROOF WHICH FROM BELOW SEEMED TO SLOPE AWAY ON ALL SIDES TOO ABRUPTLY FOR ANY BUT PRACTISED FEET TO SCALE THE VIEW FROM THIS HIDDEN COIN WAS ENCHANTING AND SHE HAD FLOWN DOWN TO SNATCH NED FROM HIS PAPERS AND GIVE HIM THE FREEDOM OF HER DISCOVERY SHE REMEMBERED STILL HOW STANDING AT HER SIDE HE HAD PASSED HIS ARM ABOUT HER WHILE THEIR GAZE FLEW TO THE LONG TOSSED HORIZON LINE OF THE DOWNS AND THEN DROPPED CONTENTEDLY BACK TO TRACE THE ARABESQUE OF YEW HEDGES ABOUT THE FISHPOND AND THE SHADOW OF THE CAR ON THE LAWN
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