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           AhundredpacesfromthepicturesqueruinoftheoldGothicchurch,M.deRênalownsanoldchâteauwithitsfourtowersandagardendesignedliketheoneintheTuilerieswithagreatmanyedgingvergesofboxandavenuesofchestnuttreeswhicharecuttwiceintheyear.Anadjacentfield,crowdedwithappletrees,servedforapromenade.Eightortenmagnificentwalnuttreeswereattheendoftheorchard.Theirimmensefoliagewentashighasperhapseightyfeet.

           "Eachofthesecursedwalnuttrees,"M.deRênalwasinthehabitofsaying,wheneverhiswifeadmiredthem,"costsmetheharvestofatleasthalfanacre;corncannotgrowundertheirshade."

           MadamedeRênalfoundthesightofthecountrynovel:heradmirationreachedthepointofenthusiasm.Thesentimentbywhichshewasanimatedgaveherbothideasandresolution.M.deRênalhadreturnedtothetown,formayoralbusiness,twodaysaftertheirarrivalinVergy.ButMadamedeRênalengagedworkmenatherownexpense.Julienhadgivenhertheideaofalittlesandedpathwhichwastogoroundtheorchardandunderthebigwalnuttrees,andrenderitpossibleforthechildrentotaketheirwalkintheveryearliesthoursofthemorningwithoutgettingtheirfeetwetfromthedew.Thisideawasputintoexecutionwithintwenty-fourhoursofitsbeingconceived.MadamedeRênalgailyspentthewholedaywithJulieninsupervisingtheworkmen.

           WhentheMayorofVerrièrescamebackfromthetownhewasverysurprisedtofindtheavenuecompleted.HisarrivalsurprisedMadamedeRênalaswell.Shehadforgottenhisexistence.

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