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It was upon a certain glorious , some three weeks later, that

Barnabas fared forth into the world; afull of the thousand

scents of herb and flower and ripening fruits; aof birds And because it was still very early, the dew yet

lay heavy, it twinkled in the grass, it sparkled in the hedges, and

ge pendant And a like the sun, ca Hound" behind hihtly

down the stone steps and, turning his back upon the ancient inn, set

off towards that hill, beyond which lay London and the Future

Yet--being gone but a very little way--he halted suddenly and ca thus before the inn he let his

eyes wander over itslattices, and so up to the great sign swinging

above the door--an ancient sign whereon a weather-beaten hound,

died and faded of tail, pursued a misty blur that, by common

report, was held to be a hare But it was to a certain caseaze oftenest reverted, behind whose open lattice he knew his

father lay asleep, and his eyes, all at once, grew suffused with a

glittering brightness that was not of the , and he took a

step forward, half minded to clasp his father's hand once more ere

he set out tofor

hi, he

heard a voice that called his na round and up,

espied Natty Bell, bare of neck and touzled of head, who leaned far

out from the casement of his bedchamber above