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about her were the beginnings of su leaves; oaks, still white and crumpled fro fro

at the wrist; a thin flicker of elm buds, still distrustful of the

sun Later, this delicate dance of foliage would thicken so that the

house would be in shadow, and the grass under the locusts on either

side of the front door fade into thin,with May sunshine "Oh, he would enjoy it if he

would only coht Well, anyhow, David would like it; and

she began to fell her seaers

The child was to come that day Half a dozen ti her eyes with her hand looked

down the road to Old Chester, but there was no sign of the jogging

hood of the buggy Had anything happened? Was he sick? Had Dr

Lavendar changed his mind? Her heart stood still at that She

debated whether or not she should go down to the Rectory and find out

what the delay meant? Then she called to one of the servants as

crossing the hall, that she wondered why the little boy as to

visit her, did not come Her face cleared at the re