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L . His immortality has exchanged the grassy ring beneath for a halo of golden light above . Mignionette . It should be prismatic , to suit his varied genius . Mary Anne . Talking of prismatic colours , what a beautiful combination there was on the ground to-day ! Mignionette . At a little distance it seemed as if the flowers had
arisen from the earth , and were undergoing a transformation . Young Ashford . And talking of prismatic colours , what a dove that Marian Beckford is ! and she will bring the olive-branch , too , wherever she comes , with her sweet smile and sweeter voice . Mary Anne . What have prismatic colours to do with a dove ? Young Askford . Cannot you guess ? Mary Anne . What a creature that Mrs . Croker is ! It is well they did not have her in the ark ; she would have ' shisslied' the dove away from the window . Young Ashford . Her selfishness would have saved it . L . There is nothing of hope or promise about her . Mary Anne . I heard her ask Mignionette if she sang . I longed to say , Yes , one song , and that very much at her service . Mignionette . What was that ? Mary Anne . * Allez Croker I
L . What a beautiful witness that was to the first promise made to the new world ! Mignionette . It should teach us to bear well both prosperity and adversity—one the sunshine , the other the cloud—for we find there is beauty created by the help of both . Young Ashford . We shall have a little more of adversity , alias cloud , before we reach home . Old Ashford . The sunshine looks very watery . jL . And there is that very deep blue which they say always comes before rairu
Young Ashford . That is a fallacy ; it is the contrast to the clouds that makes it appear as it does . Mignionette . What a beautiful pageant the heavens are getting up \ Mary Anne . I see all sorts of shapes ; there is an old witch riding upon a broomstick . L . There ' s a figure like Milton ' s Peace . Look , there are the * turtle wings / and there is the arm ' waving the myrtle wand . ' Mignionette . And further on to the right are two more figures of the same kind . I declare it is ' the Morning Star' leading forth the * flowery May / Look at those tiny clouds beneath ; they are the flowers she has thrown from her lap . Young Ashford . Look there , what a capital horse ' s head ! Old Ashford . You may be seeing all sorts of wonderful sights ; I Bee nothing but the chance of rain . Young Ashford . It will only be a slight shower . Mignionette . It will give us a prettier sight than any cloud . Old Ashford . Well , you will not tempt me out a holiday-making again in a hurry . Mary Anne . Oh , papa , do not say that ; you know we are going to another archery meeting at Malvern to-morrow . Old Ashford , No , no , nothing shall persuade me . Here it comes !
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1835, page 132, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2642/page/52/
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