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Kennaston was in vein to night; he scintillated; he was also a little nervous. KENNASTON WAS IN VAIN TO NIGHT HE SCINTILLATED HE WAS ALSO A BIT NERVOUS
ite fatal. For it was cut low in the neck; and Margaret's neck and shoulders would have drawn madrigals from a bench of bishops. And in consequence, Billy Woods ate absolutely no dinner that evening. IX It was an hour or two later when the moon, drifting tardily up from the south, found Miss Hugonin and Mr. Kennaston chatting amicably together in the court at Selwoode. They were discussing the deplorable tendencies of the modern drama. The court at Selwoode lies in the angle of the building, the ground plan of which is L-shaped. Its two outer sides are formed by covered cloisters leading to the palm-garden, and by moonlight--the night bland and sweet with the odour of growing things, vocal with plashing fountains, spangled with fire-flies that flicker indolently among a glimmering concourse of nymphs and fauns eternally postured in flight or in pursuit--by moonlight, I say, the court at Selwoode is perhaps as satisfactory a spot for a _tête-à-tête_ as this transitory world affords. Mr.  CHAPTER NINE OF THE EAGLE'S SHADOW BY JAMES BRANCH CABELLE THIS LIVER OF OX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN ORIGINALLY RECORDED BY JOHN M WILSON FOR BUREAU FORTY TWO DONATED TO LIBER BOX WITH HIS EXPRESS PERMISSION NINE IT WAS AN HOUR OR TWO LATER WHEN THE MOON DRIFTING TARDILY UP FROM THE SOUTH FOUND MISS EUGON AND MISTER CANNASTON CHATTING AMICABLY TOGETHER IN THE COURT AT SELLWOOD THEY WERE DISCUSSING THE DEPLORABLE TENDENCIES OF THE MODERN DRAMA THE COURT AT SELWOOD LIES IN THE ANGLE OF THE BUILDING THE GROUND PLANE OF WHICH IS L SHAPED ITS TWO OUTER SIDES ARE FORMED BY COVERED CLOISTERS LEADING TO THE PALM GARDEN AND BY MOONLIGHT THE NIGHT BLAND AND SWEET WITH THE ODOR OF GROWING THINGS VOCAL WITH PLASHING FOUNTAINS SPANGLED FIREFLIES THAT FLICKER INDOLENTLY AMONG A GLIMMERING CONCOURSE OF NYMPHS AND FAWNS ETERNALLY POSTURED IN FLIGHT OR IN PURSUIT BY MOONLIGHT I SAY THE COURT AT SELWOOD IS PERHAPS AS SATISFACTORY A SPOT FOR A TETE A TETE AS THIS TRANSITORY WORLD AFFORDS MISTER
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