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Chapter 5

           

           Theoldmanwasstillsittingintheornamentalgarden,likeaflyimpassiveonthefaceofalovedonewhoisdead,tappingthelastonwhichhewasmakingthebastshoe,andtwolittlegirls,runningoutfromthehothousecarryingintheirskirtsplumstheyhadpluckedfromthetreesthere,cameuponPrinceAndrew.Onseeingtheyoungmaster,theelderonewithfrightenedlookclutchedheryoungercompanionbythehandandhidwithherbehindabirchtree,notstoppingtopickupsomegreenplumstheyhaddropped.

           PrinceAndrewturnedawaywithstartledhaste,unwillingtoletthemseethattheyhadbeenobserved.Hewassorryfortheprettyfrightenedlittlegirl,wasafraidoflookingather,andyetfeltanirresistibledesiretodoso.Anewsensationofcomfortandreliefcameoverhimwhen,seeingthesegirls,herealizedtheexistenceofotherhumaninterestsentirelyalooffromhisownandjustaslegitimateasthosethatoccupiedhim.Evidentlythesegirlspassionatelydesiredonething—tocarryawayandeatthosegreenplumswithoutbeingcaught—andPrinceAndrewsharedtheirwishforthesuccessoftheirenterprise.Hecouldnotresistlookingatthemoncemore.Believingtheirdangerpast,theysprangfromtheirambushand,chirrupingsomethingintheirshrilllittlevoicesandholdinguptheirskirts,theirbarelittlesunburnedfeetscamperedmerrilyandquicklyacrossthemeadowgrass.

           PrinceAndrewwassomewhatrefreshedbyhavingriddenoffthedustyhighroadalongwhichthetroopsweremoving.

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