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Chapter 18

           EarlyinAprilImademyfirstvisittoWillowsmere,havingreceivedinformationfromtheheadofthefirmofdecoratorsandfurnishersemployedthere,thattheirworkwascloseoncompletion,andthattheywouldbegladofavisitofinspectionfromme.LucioandIwentdowntogetherfortheday,andasthetrainrushedthroughagreenandsmilinglandscape,bearingusawayfromthesmoke,dirtandnoiseoftherestlessmodernBabylon,Iwasconsciousofagraduallydeepeningpeaceandpleasure.ThefirstsightoftheplaceIhadrecklesslypurchasedwithoutsomuchaslookingatit,filledmewithdelightandadmiration.Itwasabeautifuloldhouse,ideallyEnglishandsuggestiveofhome-happiness.Ivyandjessamineclungtoitsredwallsandpicturesquegablesthroughthelongvistaoftheexquisitelywoodedgrounds,thesilvergleamoftheAvonrivercouldbediscerned,twistinginandoutlikearibbontiedintruelove-knotsthetreesandshrubsweresproutingforthinalltheirfreshspringbeautytheaspectofthecountrywasindescribablybrightandsoothing,andIbegantofeelasifaburdenhadbeensuddenlyliftedfrommylifeleavingmefreetobreatheandenjoymyliberty.Istrolledfromroomtoroomofmyfutureabode,admiringthetasteandskillwithwhichthewholeplacehadbeenfittedandfurnished,downtothesmallestdetailofelegance,comfortandconvenience.

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