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They came presently through a trim, yew hedged walkway to a summer house covered with vines, into which Margaret peeped and declined to enter, on the ground that it was entirely too chilly and gloomy and _exactly_ like a mausoleum; but nearby they found a semi circular marble bench about which a group of elm trees made a pleasant shadow splashed at just the proper intervals with sunlight. THEY CAME PRESENTLY THROUGH A TRIM YEW HEDGED WALK TO A SUMMER HOUSE COVERED WITH VINES INTO WHICH MARGARET PEEPED AND DECLINED TO ENTER ON THE GROUND THAT IT WAS ENTIRELY TOO CHILLY AND GLOOMY AND EXACTLY LIKE A MAUSOLEUM BUT NEAR BY THEY FOUND A SEMICIRCULAR MARBLE BENCH ABOUT WHICH A GROUP OF ELM TREES MADE A PLEASANT SHADOW SPLASHED AT JUST THE PROPER INTERVALS WITH SUNLIGHT
pelted them with blossoms; pedestaled in leafy recesses, Satyrs grinned at them apishly, and the arrows of divers pot-bellied Cupids threatened them, and Fauns piped for them ditties of no tone; the birds were about shrill avocations overhead, and everywhere the heatless, odourful air was a caress; but for all this, Miss Hugonin and Mr. Kennaston were silent and very fidgetty. Margaret was hatless--and the glory of the eminently sensible spring sun appeared to centre in her hair--and violet-clad; and the gown, like most of her gowns, was all tiny tucks and frills and flounces, diapered with semi-transparencies--unsubstantial, foam-like, mere violet froth. As she came starry-eyed through the gardens, the impudent wind trifling with her hair, I protest she might have been some lady of Oberon's court stolen out of Elfland to bedevil us poor mortals, with only a moonbeam for the changeable heart of her, and for raiment a violet shadow spirited from the under side of some big, fleecy cloud. NLIGHT SILENTLY THE TREES PELTED THEM WITH BLOSSOMS PEDESTALLED IN LEAFY RECESSES SATYRS GRINTED THEM APISHLY AND THE ARROWS OF DIVERSE POT BELLIED CUPIDS THREATENED THEM AND FAWNS PIPED FOR THEM DITTIES OF NO TONE THE BIRDS WERE ABOUT SHRILL AVOCATIONS OVERHEAD AND EVERYWHERE THE HEATLESS ODOURFUL AIR WAS A CARESS BUT FOR ALL THIS MISS HUGONIAN AND MISTER CANNASTON WERE SILENT AND VERY FIDGETY MARGARET WAS HATLESS AND THE GLORY OF THE EMINENTLY SENSIBLE SPRING SUN APPEARED TO CENTRE IN HER HAIR AND VIOLET CLAD AND THE GOWN LIKE MOST OF HER GOWNS WAS ALL TINY TUCKS AND FRILLS AND FLOUNCES DIAPERD WITH SEMI TRANSPARENCIES UNSUBSTANTIAL FOAM LIKE MERE VIOLET FROTH AS SHE CAME STARRY EYED THROUGH THE GARDENS THE IMPUDENT WIND TRIFLING WITH HER HAIR I PROTEST SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME LADY OF OBERON'S COURT STOLEN OUT OF ELFIN TO BEDEVIL US POOR MORTALS WITH ONLY A MOONBEAM FOR THE CHANGEABLE HEART OF HER AND FOR RAIMENT OF VIOLENT SHADOW SPIRITED FROM THE UNDERSIDE OF SOME BIG FLEECY CLOUD
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