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           "ToadHall,"saidtheToadproudly,"isaneligible,self-containedgentleman’sresidence,veryunique;datinginpartfromthefourteenthcentury,butrepletewitheverymodernconvenience.Up-to-datesanitation.Fiveminutesfromchurch,post-office,andgolf-links.Suitablefor—"

           "Blesstheanimal,"saidthegirl,laughing,"Idon’twanttotakeit.Tellmesomethingrealaboutit.ButfirstwaittillIfetchyousomemoreteaandtoast."

           Shetrippedaway,andpresentlyreturnedwithafreshtrayful;andToad,pitchingintothetoastwithavidity,hisspiritsquiterestoredtotheirusuallevel,toldherabouttheboat-house,andthefish-pond,andtheoldwalledkitchen-garden;andaboutthepig-styesandthestables,andthepigeon-houseandthehen-house;andaboutthedairy,andthewash-house,andthechina-cupboards,andthelinen-presses(shelikedthatbitespecially);andaboutthebanqueting-hall,andthefuntheyhadtherewhentheotheranimalsweregatheredroundthetableandToadwasathisbest,singingsongs,tellingstories,carryingongenerally.Thenshewantedtoknowabouthisanimal-friends,andwasveryinterestedinallhehadtotellheraboutthemandhowtheylived,andwhattheydidtopasstheirtime.Ofcourse,shedidnotsayshewasfondofanimalsaspets,becauseshehadthesensetoseethatToadwouldbeextremelyoffended.