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Silhouetted against the light were the heads of two women; the rough young head of yesterday's Esther, the lean outline and bugled cap of Esther's aunt. SILHOUETTED AGAINST THE LIGHT WERE THE HEADS OF TWO WOMEN THE ROUGH YOUNG HEAD OF YESTERDAY'S ESTHER THE LEAN OUTLINE AND BUGLED CAP OF ESTHER'S AUNT
old 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. 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. A letter-box opened its narrow mouth low down in one wall, and over the door swung the sign, 'Stamps and money-order office', in black letters on white enamelled iron. The interior of the shop was cool and dark. A second glass-door at the back permitted Willoughby to see into a small sitting-room, and out again through a low and square-paned window to the sunny landscape beyond.  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 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 A LETTER BOX OPENED ITS NARROW MOUTH LOW DOWN IN ONE WALL AND OVER THE DOOR SWUNG THE SIGN STAMPS AND MONEY ORDER OFFICE IN BLA LETTERS ON WHITE ENAMELLED IRON THE INTERIOR OF THE SHOP WAS COOL AND DARK A SECOND GLASS DOOR AT THE BACK PERMITTED WILLOUGHBY TO SEE INTO A SMALL SITTING ROOM AND NOW AND AGAIN THROUGH A LOW AND SQUARE PANED WINDOW TO THE SUNNY LANDSCAPE BEYOND
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