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“Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears”
"Verywell,then,"saidtheBadger,resuminghisusualdrymanner,"ourplanissettled,andthere’snothingmoreforyoutoargueandsquabbleabout.So,asit’sgettingverylate,allofyougorightofftobedatonce.Wewillmakeallthenecessaryarrangementsinthecourseofthemorningto-morrow."
Toad,ofcourse,wentofftobeddutifullywiththerest—heknewbetterthantorefuse—thoughhewasfeelingmuchtooexcitedtosleep.Buthehadhadalongday,withmanyeventscrowdedintoit;andsheetsandblanketswereveryfriendlyandcomfortingthings,afterplainstraw,andnottoomuchofit,spreadonthestonefloorofadraughtycell;andhisheadhadnotbeenmanysecondsonhispillowbeforehewassnoringhappily.Naturally,hedreamtagooddeal;aboutroadsthatranawayfromhimjustwhenhewantedthem,andcanalsthatchasedhimandcaughthim,andabargethatsailedintothebanqueting-hallwithhisweek’swashing,justashewasgivingadinner-party;andhewasaloneinthesecretpassage,pushingonwards,butittwistedandturnedroundandshookitself,andsatuponitsend;yetsomehow,atthelast,hefoundhimselfbackinToadHall,safeandtriumphant,withallhisfriendsgatheredroundabouthim,earnestlyassuringhimthathereallywasacleverToad.
Heslepttillalatehournextmorning,andbythetimehegotdownhefoundthattheotheranimalshadfinishedtheirbreakfastsometimebefore.
