Chapter 27

           Weconcludedourwedding-tourrathersoonerthanwehadatfirstintended,andreturnedtoEnglandandWillowsmereCourt,aboutthemiddleofAugust.Ihadavaguenotionstirringinmethatgavemeasortofdimindefinableconsolation,anditwasthis—ImeanttobringmywifeandMavisClaretogether,believingthatthegentleinfluenceofthegraciousandhappycreature,who,likeacontentedbirdinitsnest,dweltsereneinthelittledomainsonearmyown,mighthaveasofteningandwholesomeeffectuponSibyl’spitilessloveofanalysisandscornofallnobleideals.TheheatinWarwickshirewasatthistimeintense—theroseswereoutintheirfullbeauty,andthethickfoliageofthebranchingoaksandelmsinmygroundsaffordedgratefulshadeandreposetothetiredbody,whilethetranquillovelinessofthewoodlandandmeadowscenery,comfortedandsoothedtheequallytiredmind.Afterall,thereisnocountryintheworldsofairasEngland—nonesorichlyendowedwithverdantforestsandfragrantflowers—nonethatcanboastofsweeternooksforseclusionandromance.

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