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STILL LIFE. 29
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was Then against wandered tlie rule into for the me kitchen to "be : with the , doors lier unless were all she open sent , for the me fire .
I lor nearl and y out amused , and no my N self ancy . by to watching "be found 1 the ; so farm I went laborers back . to They the we par re
all , in the orchard busy ickin : the long the fruit white while ladders the women stood by sorted the trees and care , the
men full " y What were packed a glorious it in p baskets day g it with was : fern , the leaves roses were or straw out and in for the perfection the walls market , so .
were covered the with lilies yellow ; the lavender stone was and just crimson budding snap , -dragon . I do were not
crop know whether ber seein it was so because bees I as stood I saw watching on that so long day , fl but ying I in never and rememg many
leadin out the tired g rows to the of of watching little mint gat , mar e , and at joram the tired bott , and of om waiting th of yme the that garden too bordered I suspect . At the len ; so g path th off I
with grew doll I startedto breakfast upon gooseberries and currants . The and when first my person told him I met , was troubles grandfather he bade sitting me be alone a good in the girl porch and ,
patted at least my I know I head . there I believe my were long we sat shadows , there the on best the lawn part of when that Nancy day ; into mother '
where came runni father ng into the kneeling porch and b carried her side me and weeping over s room one ,
my was y hand the which of the he held bed in and both of mother his . seemed "William the , too onl , was y calm leaning person upon in
like the post room mine . her I recollect smile , when the my bri I g came htness in of at her the door eyes , , which and how wer I e patted dark
her shining , hair as it lay strewn across the pillow when Nancy held me How down strange swell to kiss of it her the all . soft seemed heavy in air that which dim stirred room , tlcie and curtains how the above long
the regular swallows bed-room beneath windo the w eaves annoyed began me . to It twitter was quite , for many a relief a bird -when built the
its nest disturbed under if the she shelter could hel of p our it . ro And of ; mother so , while would it was never yet have day ,
one mother went home to the many mansioned house in the my city young not loss made and with forgetting hands , and that my she father was taken dwelling from onl the y upon evil to his come own ,
went ing great as sorrowin one , having g down no hope the vale and refu of years sing , to even be comforted to his grave . , mournthat I can remember this my early introduction to sorrow
the pattern so Strange vividl size of y of , and the the that paper window mem upon ory which the ( capricious was walls bowed , the instinct position and !) barred can of paint the with bed the strong , very and
iron with s a for vine our — safety a black , and vine , covered whose partly downy leaves with , a in creeper conjunction and partl with y
twelve a that pin it , afforded years should , of fail me my to innocent life recall ,, which amusement even would one be solitary for a many perfectl incident an y hour blank in , — the and spot next yet in
Still Life. 29
STILL LIFE . 29
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1859, page 29, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031859/page/29/
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