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The thought might come of climbing the wall altogether and down the other side, and it might seem too daring and be utterly put away. THE THOUGHT MIGHT COME OF CLIMBING THE WALL ALTOGETHER AND DOWN THE OTHER SIDE AND IT MIGHT SEEM TOO DARING AND BE UTTERLY PUT AWAY
aginings, something altogether weaker than spiders webs. And the old wall of the garden that divides it from its neighbour, of solid stone and brick, over fifteen feet high, it is that mighty old wall that held the romance of the garden. I do not tell the tale of that garden of Arras, for that is conjecture, and I only tell what I saw, in order that someone perhaps in some far country may know what happened in thousands and thousands of gardens because an Emperor sighed, and longed for the splendour of war. The tale is but conjecture, yet all the romance is there; for picture a wall over fifteen feet high built as they built long ago, standing for all those ages between two gardens. For would not the temptation arise to peer over the wall if a young man heard, perhaps songs, one evening the other side? And at first he would have some pretext and afterwards none at all, and the pretext would vary wonderfully little with the generations, while the ivy went on growing thicker and thicker.  DREAMS HOPES AND IMAGININGS SOMETHING ALTOGETHER WEAKER THAN SPIDER'S WEBS AND THE OLD WALL OF THE GARDEN THAT DIVIDES IT FROM ITS NEIGHBOUR OF SOLID STONE AND BRICK OVER FIFTEEN FEET HIGH IT IS THAT MIGHTY OLD WALL THAT HELD THE ROMANCE OF THE GARDEN I DO NOT TELL THE TALE OF THAT GARDEN OF ARRAS FOR THAT IS CONJECTURE AND I ONLY TELL WHAT I SAW IN ORDER THAT SOMEONE PERHAPS IN SOME FAR COUNTRY MIGHT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF GARDENS BECAUSE AN EMPEROR SIGHED AND LONGED FOR THE SPLENDOUR OF WAR THE TALE IS BUT CONJECTURE YET ALL THE ROMANCES THERE FOR PICTURE A WALL OVER FIFTEEN FEET HIGH BUILT AS THEY BUILT LONG AGO STANDING FOR ALL THOSE AGES BETWEEN TWO GARDENS FOR WOULD NOT THE TEMPTATION ARISE TO PEER OVER THE WALL IF A YOUNG MAN HEARD PERHAPS SONGS ONE EVENING THE OTHER SIDE AND AT FIRST HE WOULD HAVE SOME PRETEXT AND AFTERWARDS NONE AT ALL AND THE PRETEXT WOULD VARY WONDERFULLY LITTLE WITH THE GENERATIONS WHILE THE IVY WENT ON GROWING THICKER AND THICKER
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