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Mother and I still walk around the grounds every day after breakfast. The gardens, of course, are very, very dishevelled now, the snap dragons holding out better than any other flowers. MOTHER AND I STILL WALK AROUND THE GROUNDS EVERY DAY AFTER BREAKFAST THE GARDENS OF COURSE ARE VERY VERY DISHEVELLED NOW THE SNAP DRAGONS HOLDING OUT BETTER THAN ANY OTHER FLOWERS
 they all came to dinner afterwards. Before we came down to dinner I got him to spend three-quarters of an hour in telling delightfully exciting lion and hyena stories to Ethel, Archie and Quentin. He told them most vividly and so enthralled the little boys that the next evening I had to tell them a large number myself. To-day is Quentin's birthday and he loved his gifts, perhaps most of all the weest, cunningest live pig you ever saw, presented him by Straus. Phil Stewart and his wife and boy, Wolcott (who is Archie's age), spent a couple of nights here. One afternoon we had hide-and-go-seek, bringing down Mr. Garfield and the Garfield boys, and Archie turning up with the entire football team, who took a day off for the special purpose. We had obstacle races, hide-and-go-seek, blind-man's buff, and everything else; and there were times when I felt that there was a perfect shoal of small boys bursting in every direction up and down stairs, and through and over every conceivable object. N THE AFTERNOON AND THEY ALL CAME TO DINNER AFTERWARDS BEFORE WE CAME DOWN TO DINNER I'D GOT HIM TO SPEND THREE QUARTERS OF AN HOUR IN TELLING DELIGHTFULLY EXCITING LIONS AND HYAENA STORIES TO ETHEL ARCHIE AND QUINTON HE TOLD THEM MOST VIVIDLY AND SO ENTHRALLED THE LITTLE BOYS THAT THE NEXT EVENING I HAD TO TELL THEM A LARGE NUMBER MYSELF TO DAY IS QUINTON'S BIRTHDAY AND HE LOVED HIS GIFTS PERHAPS MOST OF ALL THE WEAST CUNNINGEST LIVE PIG YOU EVER SAW PRESENTED HIM BY STRAUSS PHIL STUART AND HIS WIFE AND BOY WOLCOTT WHO AT ARCHIE'S AGE SPENT A COUPLE OF NIGHTS HERE ONE AFTERNOON WE HAD HIDE AND GO SEE BRINGING DOWN MISTER GARFIELD AND THE GARFIELD BOYS AND ARCHY TURNING UP WITH THE ENTIRE FOOTBALL TEAM WHO TOOK A DAY OFF FOR THE SPECIAL PURPOSE WE HAD OBSTACLE RACES HIDE AND GO SEE BLIND MAN'S BUFF AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I FELT THAT THERE WAS A PERFECT SHOAL OF SMALL BOYS BURSTING IN EVERY DIRECTION UP AND DOWN STAIRS AND THROUGH AND OVER EVERY CONCEIVABLE OBJECT
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