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lorsofthepresent;asheshapesandlorsof
thepastinthershilbery;theseearlyspring
daysuchastheycauseda
generalquiotionalpoh;as
farasthepastuch
dinutionbutinthespringherdesireforexpression
invariablyincreasedsheedbytheghostsof
phrasesshegaveherselfuptoasensualdelightinthe
binationsofinthepagesof
herfavoriteauthorsshedetheorherselfonscraps
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nightandday
ofpaper;androlledthenhertonguehere
seednooccasionforsucheloquenceshewasupheld
intheseexcursionsbythecertaintythatnolanguage
uldoutdothesplendorofherfathersry;andalthough
hereffortsdidnotnotablyfurthertheendofhis
biography;shepressionoflivingre
inhisshadeatsuchtisthanatothersnoonecan
escapethepoalohoseofenglish
birthbroughtupfroshilberyhadbeen;
todisporttheelvesnohesaxonplainness;nowin
thelatinsplendorofthetongue;andstorederies;
asshesexuberatinginaninfinityof
vocablesevenkatharinelyaffectedagainst
herbetterjudgntbyherthersenthusiasnotthat
herjudgntuldaltogetheracquiesceinthenecessity
forastudyofshakespearessonsasaprelinaryto
thefifthchapterofhergrandfathersbiographybeginning
rshilberyhad
evolvedatheorythatannehathaong
otherthings;ofingshakespearessons;theidea;
struckouttoenlivenapartyofprofessors;whoforwarded
anuerofprivatelyprintednualshinthenext
feergedherinaflood
ofelizabethanliterature;shehadehalftobelievein
herjoke;leastasgoodasother
peoplesfaebeingcentered
uponstr
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atfordonavonshehadaplan;shetold
katharine;e
intotherooheingafterherheriver;for
visitingshakespearestoanyfactaboutthepoethad
bee;forthent;offargreaterinteresttoher
thantheiediatepresent;andthecertaintythatthere
inginenglandaspotofgroundwhere
shakespearehadundoubtedlystood;wherehisverybones
laydirectlybeneathonesfeet;oher
onthisparticularoccasionthatshegreetedherdaughter
ation:
“dyouthinkheeverpassedthishouse”
thequestion;forthent;seedtokathario
havereferen
“onhisean;”shilberyntinued;
“foryouknohelatestdisveryisthatheowned
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ahousethere”
katharinestilllookedaboutherinperplexity;ands
hilberyadded:
“hatheaspoorastheyve
sotissaidishouldliketothinkthathehadenough;
thoughidontintheleasttoberich”
then;perceivingherdaughtersexpressionofperplexity;
shilberyburstoutlaughing
“dear;iottalkingaboutyour;though
thatsanotherreasonforlikinghiialking;ihinking;
ireangofshakespeare;
ofurseisntitodd;”shesed;standingatthewindow
andtappinggentlyuponthepane;“thatforallone
cansee;thatdearoldthinginthebluebon;crossing
theroad;hasneverheard
thatthereitallgoeson:lawyers
hurryingtotheirensquabblingfortheirfares;
littleboysrollingtheirhoops;littlegirlsthrowingbread
tothegulls;asifthereashakespeareinthe
ostandatthatcrossingalldaylong
andsay:people;readshakespeare”
katharinesatdohertableandopenedalong
dustyenvelopeasshelleyentionedintheurse
oftheletterasifhehad;ofurse;nsiderable
valueheriediatetaskodecideher
thetershouldbeprinted;oronlytheparagraph
entionedshelleysna;andshereachedoutfor
apenandhelditinreadinesstodojusticeuponthe
sheetherpen;hoainedintheairalstsurreptitiously
sheslippedacleansheetinfrontofher;and
herhand;descending;begandrawingsquareboxeshalved
andquarteredbystraightlines;andthencirclesh
undereprocessofdissection
“katharineivehituponabrilliantidea”shilbery
exclaid”tolayout;say;ahundredpoundsorsoon
piesofshakespeare;andgivetheoen
soofyourcleverfriendseetingsght
helpus;katharineandthatghtleadtoaplayhouse;
akepartsyoudberosalindbut
youveadashoftheoldnurseinyouyourfathershaet;
etoyearsofdisabit
ofthell;iuitealargebitofthefool;butthefools
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inshakespearesayallthecleverthingsnohoshall
beaherohotspurhenrythefifthno;s
gotatouletinhitooicanfancythat
talkstohielfharine;you
stsayverybeautifulthingsogether”
sheaddedfully;haglanceatherdaughter;who
hadtoldheothingaboutthedinnerthenightbefore
“oh;alkalotofnonsense;”saidkatharine;hiding
herslipofpaperashertherstoodbyher;andspreading
theoldletteraboutshelleyinfrontofher
“ittoyounonsenseintenyearsti;”
saidshilbery“believe;katharine;youlllookback
onthesedaysaftereerallthesilly
thingsyouvesaid;andyoullfindthatyourlifehasbeen
builtonthethebestoflifeisbuiltonwesay
isntnonsense;katharine;”she
urged;“itsthetruth;itstheonlytruth”
katharineother;
andthenshehepointofnfidinginherthey
etisbut;whileshe
hesitatedandsoughtforother
hadreursetoshakespeare;andtuedpageafterpage;
setuponfindingsoquotationhisabout
lovefar;farbetterthansheuldacrdingly;katharine
didnothingbutscruboneofhercirclesanintenseblack
idstofhetelephone
bellrang;andshelefttheroooans
rshilberyhadfoundnotthepassage
sheed;butanotherofexquisitebeautyasshe
justlyobserved;lookingupforasendtoaskkatharine
hatwas
“rydatchet;”katharinerepliedbriefly
“ahihalfary;butit
havegonehhilbery;andithavegoneh
rodneynohisisntthepassageiedinevercan
findibutitsspring;itsthedaffodils;its
thegreenfields;itsthebirds”
sheperative
telephonebellon
“dearchild;hophsofscienceare”
shilberyexclaidonherretu“theyllbelinking
usoonnextbuthat”
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“;”katharinerepliedyetrebriefly
“illforgiveanything;foriertainthatthere
arentanysintheonihopehesingto
luncheon”
“hesingtotea”
“isetoleave
youalone”
“theresnoneedforyoutodothat;”saidkatharine
shesherhandoverthefadedsheet;anddrew
herselfupsquarelytothetableasifsherefusedtoe