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XX. “I Shall Live Forever—and Ever—and Ever!”

           Buttheywoundinandoutamongtheshrubberyandoutandroundthefountainbeds,followingtheircarefullyplannedrouteforthemeremysteriouspleasureofit.ButwhenatlasttheyturnedintotheLongWalkbytheiviedwallstheexcitedsenseofanapproachingthrillmadethem,forsomecuriousreasontheycouldnothaveexplained,begintospeakinwhispers.

           “Thisisit,”breathedMary.“ThisiswhereIusedtowalkupanddownandwonderandwonder.”

           “Isit?”criedColin,andhiseyesbegantosearchtheivywitheagercuriousness.“ButIcanseenothing,”hewhispered.“Thereisnodoor.”

           “That’swhatIthought,”saidMary.

           Thentherewasalovelybreathlesssilenceandthechairwheeledon.

           “ThatisthegardenwhereBenWeatherstaffworks,”saidMary.

           “Isit?”saidColin.

           AfewyardsmoreandMarywhisperedagain.

           “Thisiswheretherobinflewoverthewall,”shesaid.

           “Isit?”criedColin.“Oh!Iwishhe’dcomeagain!”

           “Andthat,”saidMarywithsolemndelight,pointingunderabiglilacbush,“iswhereheperchedonthelittleheapofearthandshowedmethekey.”

           ThenColinsatup.

           “Where?Where?There?”hecried,andhiseyeswereasbigasthewolf’sinRedRiding-Hood,whenRedRiding-Hoodfeltcalledupontoremarkonthem.Dickonstoodstillandthewheeledchairstopped.

           “Andthis,”saidMary,steppingontothebedclosetotheivy,“iswhereIwenttotalktohimwhenhechirpedatmefromthetopofthewall.Andthisistheivythewindblewback,”andshetookholdofthehanginggreencurtain

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