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Then, after their admiration had worked itself out, they implored to be taken down to the lodge. THEN AFTER THEIR ADMIRATION HAD WORKED ITSELF OUT THEY IMPLORED TO BE TAKEN DOWN TO THE LODGE
hat slow; and Easter, late as it came that year, was close at hand before they were quite convalescent. It was a lovely spring morning when, wrapped up in shawls, the two little invalids were brought out of the house to take their first airing. Never as long as they lived would the children forget the scene before them! The budding trees, the singing of the birds, and the sweet scents that came to them were only part of the great surprise that awaited them. Golden sheets of daffodil and white narcissus bordered the dark evergreen shrubberies; edging the old lawn were clumps of violets and primroses. Hyacinths, tulips, and other bulbs were making the flower beds a mass of bright colour, and the lilac and laburnum trees seemed overweighted with their bloom. Roland could hardly find voice to express his delight, but Olive trotted here and there, breaking out into happy peals of laughter. 'It's better than ever I thought! It's lovelier than India! It's all true, and Easter is here at last!  THEIR RECOVERY WAS SOMEWHAT SLOW AND EASTER LATE AS IT CAME THEIR YEAR WAS CLOSE AT HAND BEFORE THEY WERE QUITE CONVALESCENT IT WAS A LOVELY SPRING MORNING WHEN WRAPPED UP IN SHAWLS THE TWO LITTLE INVALIDS WERE BROUGHT OUT OF THE HOUSE TO TAKE THEIR FIRST AIRING NEVER AS LONG AS THEY LIVED WOULD THE CHILDREN FORGET THE SCENE BEFORE THEM THE BUDDING TREES THE SINGING OF THE BIRDS AND THE SWEET SCENTS THAT CAME TO THEM WERE ONLY PART OF THE GREAT SURPRISE THAT AWAITED THEM GOLDEN SHEETS OF DAFFODIL AND WHITE NARCISSUS BORDERED THE DARK EVERGREEN SHRUBBERIES EDGING THE OLD LAWN WERE CLUMPS OF VIOLETS AND PRIMROSES HYACINTHS TULIPS AND OTHER BULBS WERE MAKING THE FLOWER BEDS A MASS OF BRIGHT COLOR AND THE LILAC AND LABURNUM TREES SEEMED OVERWEIGHTED WITH THEIR BLOOM ROLLIN COULD HARDLY FIND VOICE TO EXPRESS HIS DELIGHT BUT OLIVE TROTTED HERE AND THERE BREAKING OUT INTO HAPPY PEALS OF LAUGHTER IT'S BETTER THAN EVER I THOUGHT IT'S LOVELIER THAN INDIA IT'S ALL TRUE AND EASTER IS HERE AT LAST
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