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Lady Dedlock

           Helivedinaprettyhouse,formerlytheparsonagehouse,withalawninfront,abrightflower-gardenattheside,andawell-stockedorchardandkitchen-gardenintherear,enclosedwithavenerablewallthathadofitselfaripenedruddylook.But,indeed,everythingabouttheplaceworeanaspectofmaturityandabundance.Theoldlime-treewalkwaslikegreencloisters,theveryshadowsofthecherry-treesandapple-treeswereheavywithfruit,thegooseberry-bushesweresoladenthattheirbranchesarchedandrestedontheearth,thestrawberriesandraspberriesgrewinlikeprofusion,andthepeachesbaskedbythehundredonthewall.Tumbledaboutamongthespreadnetsandtheglassframessparklingandwinkinginthesunthereweresuchheapsofdroopingpods,andmarrows,andcucumbers,thateveryfootofgroundappearedavegetabletreasury,whilethesmellofsweetherbsandallkindsofwholesomegrowth(tosaynothingoftheneighbouringmeadowswherethehaywascarrying)madethewholeairagreatnosegay.Suchstillnessandcomposurereignedwithintheorderlyprecinctsoftheoldredwallthateventhefeathershungingarlandstoscarethebirdshardlystirred;andthewallhadsucharipeninginfluencethatwhere,hereandtherehighup,adisusednailandscrapofliststillclungtoit,itwaseasytofancythattheyhadmellowedwiththechangingseasonsandthattheyhadrustedanddecayedaccordingtothecommonfate.

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