!”herepeated.“AlldayI’vebeenfighting
hagglingbargaining.Andtocomeoutontothislawnandseey ouall
learning Latinso happyso passionlessso Arcadian –”
Hedidnotfinishthesentencebutsankintothechairnextto Miss
Beaumontandpossessedhimselfofherhand.Ashedidsoshes ang:
“Ah you silly assgods live in woods!”
“What have we here?” said Mr. Worters with a slight frown.
With the other hand she pointed to me.
“Virgil –” I stammered. “Colloquial translation –”
“OhIsee;acolloquialtranslationofpoetry.”Thenhissmi lereturned.
“Perhapsifgodsliveinwoodsthatiswhywoodsaresodear.I havejust
bought Other Kingdom Copse!”
Loudexclamationsofjoy.Indeedthebeechesinthatcopsea refineas
anyinHertfordshire.Moreoveritandthemeadowbywhichit isap-
proachedhavealwaysmadeanuglynotchintheroundedconto ursof
the estate. So we were all very glad that
Mr.WortershadpurchasedOtherKingdom.OnlyFordkeptsil ent
strokinghisheadwheretheVirgilhadhititandsmilingali ttletohim-
self as he did so.
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“JudgingfromthepriceIpaidIshouldsaytherewasagodine very
tree.Butpricethistimetherewasnoobject.”Heglancedat MissBeau-
mont. “You admire beechesEvelyndo you not?”
“I forget always which they are. Like this?”
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