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After dinner they went out to the veranda and the gentleround, tilted back in it with his feet on

the steps, and bleavery domed city up in the air He called it solid

comfort He liked to sit out from under the porch roof, he said; he wanted

to see more of the sky The others moved their chairs down to join him in

the celestial vision There had blown across the heaven a feathery, thin

cloud or two, but save for these, there was nothing but glorious and

tender, brilliant blue It seemed so clear and close one marvelled the

little church spire in the distance did not pierce it; yet, at the same

ti ether Far

ao buzzards swung slowly at anchor, half-way to the sun

"'O bright, translucent, cerulean hue,

Lettheood deal of fun out of this kind of weather," observed

Lige, as he wiped his brow and shifted his chair out of the sun

"I expect you don't get such skies as this up in Rouen," said the judge,

looking at the girl from between half-closed eyelids