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And partly she still lived, and partly she was one with long ago and with those sacred tales that nurses tell, when all their children are good, and evening has come, and the fire is burning well, and the soft pat pat of the snowflakes on the pane is like the furtive tread of fearful things in old, enchanted woods. AND PARTLY SHE STILL LIVED AND PARTLY SHE WAS WON WITH LONG AGO AND WITH THOSE SACRED TALES THAT NURSES TELL WHEN ALL THEIR CHILDREN ARE GOOD AND EVENING HAS COME AND THE FIRE IS BURNING WELL AND THE SOFT PAT PAT OF THE SNOWFLAKES ON THE PANE IS LIKE THE FURTIVE TREAD OF FEARFUL THINGS IN OLD ENCHANTED WOODS
sy even then arming for Armageddon. Out of the balcony of her father's house in Prince of Wales' Square, the painted dark-green balcony that grew blacker every year, the dragon lifted Miss Cubbidge and spread his rattling wings, and London fell away like an old fashion. And England fell away, and the smoke of its factories, and the round material world that goes humming round the sun vexed and pursued by time, until there appeared the eternal and ancient lands of Romance lying low by mystical seas. You had not pictured Miss Cubbidge stroking the golden head of one of the dragons of song with one hand idly, while with the other she sometimes played with pearls brought up from lonely places of the sea. They filled huge haliotis shells with pearls and laid them there beside her, they brought her emeralds which she set to flash among the tresses of her long black hair, they brought her threaded sapphires for her cloak: all this the princes of fable did and the elves and the gnomes of myth. ANCE THEY WERE BUSY EVEN THEN ARMING FOR ARMOR GETTIN OUT OF THE BALCONY OF HER FATHER'S HOUSE IN PRINCE OF WALES SQUARE THE PAINTED DARK GREEN BALCONY THAT GREW BLACKER EVERY YEAR THE DRAGON LIFTED MISS CUBBAGE AND SPREAD HIS RATTLING WINGS AND LONDON FELL AWAY LIKE AN OLD FASHION AND ENGLAND FELL AWAY AND THE SMOKE OF ITS FACTORIES AND THE ROUND MATERIAL WORLD THAT GO HUMMING ROUND THE SUN VEXED AND PURSUED BY TIME UNTIL THERE APPEARED THE ETERNAL AND ANCIENT LANDS OF ROMANCE LYING LOW BY MYSTICAL SEAS YOU HAD NOT PICTURED MISS CUBBAGE STROKING THE GOLDEN HEAD OF ONE OF THE DRAGONS OF SONG WITH ONE HAND IDLY WHILE WITH THE OTHER SHE SOMETIMES PLAYED WITH PEARLS BROUGHT UP FROM LONELY PLACES OF THE SEA THEY FILLED HUGE HELIOTOUS SHELLS WITH PEARLS AND LAID THEM THERE BESIDE HER THEY BROUGHT HER EMERALDS WHICH SHE SET TO FLASH AMONG THE TRESSES OF HER LONG BLACK HAIR THEY BROUGHT HER THREADED SAPPHIRES FOR HER CLOAK ALL THIS THE PRINCES OF FABLE DID AND THE ELVES AND THE GNOMES OF MYTH
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