"I know which was the happier."
"Ah," sighed Rorie, "happiness is a habit we outgrow when we get out of our teens. But you, at nineteen, ought to have a year or so to the good."
The children came in sight, tramping along the rutty green walk, singing lustily, Mr. Scobel walking at their head, and swinging his stick in time with the tuneful choir.
"He only is the Maker
Of all things near and far;
He paints the wayside flower,
He lights the evening star."
END OF VOL. I.
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Transcriber's note: Typographical errors silently corrected:
volume 1 =XI. "It shall be Measure for Measure= replaced by
=XI. "It shall be Measure for Measure"=<
volume 1 chapter 1: =trainante= replaced by =traînante=
volume 1 chapter 4: =I I shan't be for two years= replaced by
=I shan't be for two years=
volume 1 chapter 12: =with the orchid?= replaced by
=with the orchid.=
volume 1 chapter 12: =hade made him sleepy= replaced by
=had made him sleepy=
volume 1 chapter 13: =cat species.= replaced by cat =species."=
volume 1 chapter 15: =Les Traineaux= replaced by =Les Traîneaux=
volume 1 chapter 17: =children together.= replaced by
=children together."=