TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

The edition from which this text was drawn is volume 4175 of the Tauchnitz Edition of British Authors, where it appeared together with Laurus Nobilis, also by Vernon Lee. The volume was published in 1910.
Section IV under Spring 1902 is not named in the original book.
The following changes were made to the text:

turning out of great rag bag of purple and crimson and goldturning out of a great rag bag of purple and crimson and gold
béguniebéguine
comes home to theme, like the sting of the dust whirlpoolscomes home to them, like the sting of the dust whirlpools
solemn, meaning full abstractionsolemn, meaningful abstraction