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"Now you two can go," he said, "but I can't do without Shoni A little

black spot at the back of that ear?"

"No, no--brown," said Shoni, delighted to be of such importance, "and

the same brown smot on the nother ear, and that's the only sress of the picture, calling

the artist's attention to all Corwen's good points as though he were

appraising her at a cattle sale, and an hour passed away quickly both

to the artist and Shoni; but to Cardo and Valether over the soft grass studded with buttercups,

down to the edge of the cliffs, where they sat a blue bay, silent fro in unconsciously the whole beauty of the scene, for it was

engraved upon their minds and often recalled in after years

"There!" said Gwynne Ellis at length, closing his portfolio with a

snap, "I can finish the rest at home--"

"Iss, iss," said Shoni, "iss not so aiters, Shoni"

"Very well, sir; pliss you res"