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He gave up the game; he couldnt be bothered. Ball lived with another man while
her husband was in thetrenches.
William, turning, followingher eyes, saw only a
man in grey.
Let music sound And the free air of Heaven waft you to your
slumber!
Again, had Figgis called the names of the villagers, they too
wouldhave answered. She heard the breeze rustle in thebranches.
Manresa
continued, speaking plainly, I cantput two words together.
Very delicately
William Dodge set the cup in its saucer. Instantly he put his hands in
hispockets.
She had bought a four-roomed cottageand shared it with an
actress.
The gate was a goal; to be reached in ten. David and Iris each had a
hand on the gramophone.
They came streaming along the pathsand spreading across
the lawn.
And the butterfly rose and the bluebottle.
And leaving books on the
floor, said her brother. Two chairs faced each other on either side of a fine
flutedmantelpiece.
Radiating royalty,complacency, good humour, the wild child
was Queen of the festival. Instantly he put his hands in hispockets. Heads
bent, theyread Interval on the programme. She was pushing her way throughthe
crowd.
Streatfield called his roll call, he laid theblame on them.
I know where
the tit nests, he began In the hedgerow. They were singing, but not a word
reached the audience.
Miss La Trobe had exclaimed the first time shecame to
call and was shown the grounds. One year we had Gammer Gurtons Needle, said
Mrs. There wereonly two emotions: love; and hate. She was pushing her way
throughthe crowd.
We must possess our souls in patience, said Mrs. Were they
about to act a play in the presence of Queen Elizabeth?
And she to him, raising
her eyes:My love!
He was sitting to theright, several rows back, the man in
grey. Countless beetles andinsects of various sorts burrowed in the dry wood.
But we have other lives, I think, I hope, she murmured. They were singing, but
not a word reached the audience.
Hecame ambling across the grass, mopping and
mowing.
But the pen sheheld thus on the little table absolutely refused to
move. Words raised themselves and became symbolical.
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