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Chapter XXIV

           "Adele,lookatthatfield." WewerenowoutsideThornfieldgates,andbowlinglightlyalongthesmoothroadtoMillcote,wherethedustwaswelllaidbythethunderstorm,and,wherethelowhedgesandloftytimbertreesoneachsideglistenedgreenandrain-refreshed. 

           "Inthatfield,Adele,Iwaswalkinglateoneeveningaboutafortnightsincetheeveningofthedayyouhelpedmetomakehayintheorchardmeadows; and,asIwastiredwithrakingswaths,Isatdowntorestmeonastile;andthereItookoutalittlebookandapencil,andbegantowriteaboutamisfortunethatbefellmelongago,andawishIhadforhappydaystocome: Iwaswritingawayveryfast,thoughdaylightwasfadingfromtheleaf,whensomethingcameupthepathandstoppedtwoyardsoffme. Ilookedatit.Itwasalittlethingwithaveilofgossameronitshead.Ibeckonedittocomenearme;itstoodsoonatmyknee. Ineverspoketoit,anditneverspoketome,inwords;butIreaditseyes,anditreadmine;andourspeechlesscolloquywastothiseffect 

           "Itwasafairy,andcomefromElf-land,itsaid;anditserrandwastomakemehappy: Imustgowithitoutofthecommonworldtoalonelyplacesuchasthemoon,forinstanceanditnoddeditsheadtowardsherhorn,risingoverHay-hill:ittoldmeofthealabastercaveandsilvervalewherewemightlive. IsaidIshouldliketogo;butremindedit,asyoudidme,thatIhadnowingstofly. 

           "‘Oh,’returnedthefairy,‘thatdoesnotsignify!Hereisatalismanwillremovealldifficulties;’andsheheldoutaprettygoldring. 

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