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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. 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
neither Miss Hugonin nor Felix Kennaston had eyes for its comeliness; silently they braved the griffins, and in silence they skirted the fish-pond--silver-crinkling in the May morning--and passed through cloistral ilex-shadowed walks, and amphitheatres of green velvet, and terraces ample and mellow in the sunlight, silently. The trees 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. PARTICULAR FORENOON HOWEVER NEITHER MISS HUGONEN NOR FELIX CANNASTON HAD EYES FOR ITS COMELINESS SILENTLY THEY BRAVED THE GRIFFINS AND IN SILENCE THEY SKIRTED THE FISHPOND SILVER CRINKLING IN THE MAY MORNING AND PASSED THROUGH CLOISTRAL ELEX SHADOWED WALKS AND AMPHITHEATRES OF GREEN VELVET AND TERRACES AMPLE AND MELLOW IN THE SUNLIGHT 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
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