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The Grand Tour Of The Gardens

           ThesedaintyonesarethemselvescontemptuouslycalledFigsbyDavidandotherheroes,andyouhaveakeytothemannersandcustomsofthisdandiacalsectionoftheGardenswhenItellyouthatcricketiscalledcricketshere.OccasionallyarebelFigclimbsoverthefenceintotheworld,andsuchaonewasMissMabelGrey,ofwhomIshalltellyouwhenwecometoMissMabelGrey’sgate.ShewastheonlyreallycelebratedFig.

           WearenowintheBroadWalk,anditisasmuchbiggerthantheotherwalksasyourfatherisbiggerthanyou.Davidwonderedifitbeganlittle,andgrewandgrew,untilitwasquitegrownup,andwhethertheotherwalksareitsbabies,andhedrewapicture,whichdivertedhimverymuch,oftheBroadWalkgivingatinywalkanairinginaperambulator.IntheBroadWalkyoumeetallthepeoplewhoareworthknowing,andthereisusuallyagrown-upwiththemtopreventthemgoingonthedampgrass,andtomakethemstanddisgracedatthecornerofaseatiftheyhavebeenmad-dogorMary-Annish.TobeMary-Annishistobehavelikeagirl,whimperingbecausenursewon’tcarryyou,orsimperingwithyourthumbinyourmouth,anditisahatefulquality;buttobemad-dogistokickoutateverything,andthereissomesatisfactioninthat.

           IfIweretopointoutallthenotableplacesaswepassuptheBroadWalk,itwouldbetimetoturnbackbeforewereachthem,andIsimplywavemystickatCeccoHewlett’sTree,thatmemorablespotwhereaboycalledCeccolosthispenny,and,lookingforit,foundtwopence.Therehasbeenagooddealofexcavationgoingonthereeversince.FartherupthewalkisthelittlewoodenhouseinwhichMarmadukePerryhid.

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