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Mutabile Semper

           

           “I’vebeengardening,”sheexplained,whenshehadjoinedme,“butIdidn’tlikeit.There’ssomanywormsaboutto-day.Ihateworms.Wishthey’dkeepoutofthewaywhenI’mdigging.”

           “Oh,IlikewormswhenI’mdigging,”Irepliedheartily,“seemtomakethingsmorelively,don’tthey?”

           Shereflected.“Shouldn’tmind’emsomuchiftheywerewarmandDRY,”shesaid,“but—”heresheshivered,andsomehowIlikedherforit,thoughifithadbeenmyownfleshandbloodhootsofderisionwouldhaveinstantlyassailedher.

           Fromwormswepassed,naturallyenough,tofrogs,andthencetopigs,aunts,gardeners,rocking-horses,andotherfellow-citizensofourcommonkingdom.Infiveminuteswehadeachother’sconfidences,andIseemedtohaveknownherforalifetime.Somehow,onthesubjectofone’sselfitwaseasiertobefrankandcommunicativewithherthanwithone’sfemalekin.Itmustbe,Isupposed,becauseshewaslessfamiliarwithone’sfaulty,tatteredpast.

           “Iwaswatchingyouasyoucamealongtheroad,”shesaidpresently,“andyouhadyourheaddownandyourhandsinyourpockets,andyouweren’tthrowingstonesatanything,orwhistling,orjumpingoverthings;andIthoughtperhapsyou’dbinscolded,orgotastomach-ache.”

           “No,”Iansweredshyly,“itwasn’tthat.Factis,Iwas—Ioften—butit’sasecret.”

           ThereImadeanerrorintactics.Thatenkindlingwordsetherdancingroundme,halfbeseeching,halfimperious.“Oh,dotellitme!”shecried.

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