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2 58<br />

ALL L\ A GARDKX FAIR,<br />

' Tliat is notliiiig. Wc are go<strong>in</strong>g to be rich<br />

City merchants. I sliall cliange my name to<br />

Whitt<strong>in</strong>gton.. You shall be a great poet as well<br />

as a great merchant.'<br />

'When, Will, when?'<br />

' Soon, old boy—very soon ; w^hile we are<br />

young and cau enjoy th<strong>in</strong>gs. Don't you feel<br />

sometimes as if <strong>the</strong>re were ten thousand th<strong>in</strong>gs<br />

want<strong>in</strong>g to make you quite happy ? Claire, to<br />

beg<strong>in</strong> with ; and <strong>the</strong>n pictures, music, and books,<br />

and <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>atre, and danc<strong>in</strong>g and s<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g, and<br />

sometimes travell<strong>in</strong>g; but Claire to beg<strong>in</strong> with! *<br />

' And without Claire ? '<br />

Will Avas silent awhile. The light went out<br />

<strong>of</strong> his face.<br />

' Without Claire—noth<strong>in</strong>g. <strong>All</strong>en, don't<br />

you see how she has been everyth<strong>in</strong>g to us?<br />

What should we have been without her and her<br />

fa<strong>the</strong>r? I tremble, somethnes, to th<strong>in</strong>k what<br />

we have escaped.'<br />

' Can't we wait a little ? ' asked <strong>All</strong>en.<br />

' Everyth<strong>in</strong>g is so pleasant. It seems a pity to<br />

disturb pleasant th<strong>in</strong>gs.'

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