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The bowed windows of the little shop were partly screened by sunblinds; nevertheless the lower panes still displayed a heterogeneous collection of goods  lemons, hanks of yarn, white linen buttons upon blue cards, sugar cones, churchwarden pipes, and tobacco jars. THE BOWED WINDOWS OF THE LITTLE SHOP WERE PARTLY SCREENED BY SUN BLINDS NEVERTHELESS THE LOWER PANES STILL DISPLAYED A HETEROGENEOUS COLLECTION OF GOODS LEMONS HANKS OF YARN WHITE LINEN BUTTONS UPON BLUE CARDS SUGAR CONES CHURCHWARDEN PIPES AND TOBACCO JARS
they said good night, not without some talk of meeting each other again. Obliged to breakfast at a quarter to eight in town, Willoughby was always luxuriously late when in the country, where he took his meals also in leisurely fashion, often reading from a book propped up on the table before him. But the morning after his meeting with Esther Stables found him less disposed to read than usual. Her image obtruded itself upon the printed page, and at length grew so importunate he came to the conclusion the only way to lay it was to confront it with the girl herself. Wanting some tobacco, he saw a good reason for going into Orton. Esther had told him he could get tobacco and everything else at her aunt's. He found the post-office to be one of the first houses in the widely spaced village street. In front of the cottage was a small garden ablaze with old-fashioned flowers; and in a large garden at one side were apple-trees, raspberry and currant bushes, and six thatched beehives on a bench. E DREADED MEANING OF ETIQUETTE AND THEY SAID GOOD NIGHT NOT WITHOUT SOME TALK OF MEETING EACH OTHER AGAIN OBLIGED TO BREAKFAST AT A QUARTER TO EIGHT IN TOWN WILLOUGHBY WAS ALWAYS LUXURIOUSLY LATE WHEN IN THE COUNTRY WHERE HE TOOK HIS MEALS ALSO IN LEISURELY FASHION OFTEN READING FROM A BOOK PROPPED UP ON THE TABLE BEFORE HIM BUT THE MORNING AFTER HIS MEETING WITH ESTHER STABLES FOUND HIM LESS DISPOSED TO READ THAN USUAL HER IMAGE OBTRUDED ITSELF UPON THE PRINTED PAGE AND AT LENGTH GREW SO IMPORTUNATE HE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THE ONLY WAY TO LAY IT WITH THE GIRL HERSELF WANTING SOME TOBACCO HE SAW A GOOD REASON FOR GOING INTO AUTUMN ESTHER HAD TOLD HIM HE COULD GET TOBACCO IN EVERYTHING ELSE AT HER AUNT'S HE FOUND THE POST OFFICE TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST HOUSES IN THE WIDELY SPACED VILLAGE STREET IN FRONT OF THE COTTAGE WAS A SMALL GARDEN ABLAZE WITH OLD FASHIONED FLOWERS AND IN A LARGE GARDEN AT ONE SIDE WERE APPLE TREES RASPBERRY AND CURRANT BUSHES AND SIX THATCHED BEE HIVES ON A BENCH
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