, presentsweregivenmebythepersonswithwhomIhadbeenthrownincontact—basketsmadeoftheleavesofthecocoa-nuttree, matsofpandanus, fans; -boat, stoppingfortwenty-fourhoursonitswayfromWellingtontoSanFrancisco, blewthewhistlethatwarnedthepassengerstogetonboard, Tiareclaspedmetohervastbosom, sothatIseemedtosinkintoabillowysea, , makingourwaygingerlythroughtheopeninginthereef, andthensteeredfortheopensea, , , ; andafterIhadarrangedcertainmatterswhichclaimedmyimmediateattention, 'slastyears, , , , butsheboreheryearswell, , thinandnotmuchlined, wasofthesortthatagesgracefully, , notyetverygray, wasbecominglyarranged, , , outlivingherhusbandbutacoupleofyears, ; andbythelookofthehouseandthetrimmaidwhoopenedthedoorIjudgedthatitwasasumadequatetokeepthewidowinmodestcomfort.
, andwhenIdiscoveredwhohewas, , anAmerican, .
"Youknow, 'snecessarytoexplain." Thensheturnedtome."'treadhisbookyoureducationhasbeenshamefullyneglected, 'swritingsomethingaboutdearCharlie, andhe'scometoaskmeifIcanhelphim."
, baldhead, bonyandshining; andunderthegreatdomeofhisskullhisface, yellow, withdeeplinesinit, , 'sname, , goneweretheArundelprintsthathadadornedthewallsofherdrawing-roominashleyGardens; theroomblazedwithfantasticcolour, andIwonderedifsheknewthatthosevariedhues, whichfashionhadimposeduponher, .
"Whatwonderfulcushionsyouhave," .
"Doyoulikethem?" shesaid, smiling."Bakst, youknow."
andyetonthewallswerecolouredreproductionsofseveralofStrickland'sbestpictures, duetotheenterpriseofapublisherinBerlin.
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