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404 THE SORROWS OP ESTEIXE LAMAGE.
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¦* »¦ The Other Day I Walked With Madame...
within Tiie a concluding few yards " words of the of good my Cure friend ' s ' s garden narrative . Beneath had broug a rustic ht us festoons of
porch , overhung with the crimson , scarlet , and golden a Across Her Virginian face her , creeper shoulders ruddy , as stood she a good handsome wore old neatl Colette app inned le , , who beamed a g crimson ladly with welcomed and pleasure yeliow _t _* j & . .
handkerchiefwhich bore a , great y resemblance p , in color to the , leaves above her head
. fortunatel " You are he who heartily welcome come to , see " she is not exclaimed within . , He " thoug is gone h un to - you
visit M . 1 ' y Eveque about some troublesome business , and will not be back to-night . Nor is it the first time he has had to make this
long journey on account of the same business . But do come into you do are so most now he heartil is from y welcome home . — Still though ladies it is , not there worth is the your garden while ,
and there are the birds . "Walk up , , ladies , to M . le Cure's bower , and And I will bring hastened you some Colette refreshments , leaving . us " to admire the small
onestoried cottage eaves of , house away b which y means with hung of its baskets rustic droop made p ing illars thatch of , a bark little , which and verandah fir formed -cones , around containing from the the
many The choice garden flowers surrounded . the cottage , and here in the front was
storied a little erection grass-plat consisting besides of which two small stood rooms old Colett . It e ' s was abode built , a o like
neit the and Cure the ' s Cure cottage ' s house , of grey rose stone a wonderful and covered edifice with of wire ivy . work Betwe , the en
princel lumed y forei dwelling birds ' of . golden A colonnade pheasants ran in and front various of the aviary other , gail from y gn
p ceeded which along were suspende a path into d the the cages portion of of various garden canaries lying . at the As we back pro of
looking the cottage tortoise , we . wer A e perfect encountered little garden by an of enormous Eden lay and behind drowsy the
house mass of slop autumn ing toward flowers the . we This st , and little which domain was was now bounded one dazzling by tall and verdant
littl cli Her pped e e and chap hed there els ges , surmounted of also yew was and a box niche by , forming many cut in a various sp the ire , gr and e alcoves en cross wall , cont and aining heart .
the and white symbolicall figure y shaped of some bed favorite , often saint forming , whilst the below monogram in a quaintl of the y sacred
saintbloomed the flowers dedicated or appropriated to the clematis centre personage , of and the whose - jessamine garden effigy , standing rose graced a large the upon green white , a pedestal niche statue above of covered the . Virg In with the in ,
stretching forth her arm , s in an attitude of benediction with . admiration
We took our seat in the centre alcove , and gazed upon the lovely garden before us . Colette soon appeared ladened
with a goodly tray of grapes , delicate biscuits , cream tartlets , and
404 The Sorrows Op Esteixe Lamage.
404 THE SORROWS OP ESTEIXE LAMAGE .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 1, 1859, page 404, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01021859/page/44/
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