Chapter 22

           Ontheafternoonofthetwenty-firstofMay,Iwentdown,accompaniedbyLucio,toWillowsmere,tobeinreadinessforthereceptionofthesocialswarmwhoweretoflockthitherthenextday.Amielwentwithus—butIleftmyownman,Morris,behind,totakechargeofmyroomsintheGrand,andtoforwardlatetelegramsandspecialmessages.Theweatherwascalm,warmandbright—andayoungmoonshowedherthincrescentintheskyaswegotoutatthecountrystationandsteppedintotheopencarriageawaitingus.Thestation-officialsgreeteduswithservilehumility,eyeingLucioespeciallywithanalmostgapingairofwonderment;thefactofhislavishexpenditureinarrangingwiththerailwaycompanyaserviceofspecialtrainsfortheuseofthemorrow’sguests,hadnodoubtexcitedthemtoaspeechlessextentofadmirationaswellasastonishment.WhenweapproachedWillowsmere,andenteredthebeautifuldrive,borderedwithoakandbeech,whichleduptothehouse,Iutteredanexclamationofdelightatthefestaldecorationsdisplayed,forthewholeavenuewasspannedwitharchesofflagsandflowers,garlandsofblossomsbeingevenswungfromtreetotree,andinterlacingmanyofthelowerbranches.Thegabledporchattheentranceofthehousewasdrapedwithcrimsonsilkandfestoonedwithwhiteroses—andaswealighted,thedoorwasflungopenbyasmartpageinbrilliantscarletandgold.

           "Ithink,"saidLuciotomeasweentered—"Youwillfindeverythingascompleteasthisworld’sresourceswillallow.

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