A Kentucky cardinal ; and, Aftermath . ely there incloak and plume with the deadly complexionof Ravenswood. The other day I caught her toiling at some-thing, and she admitted being at work on a poemwhich would be about half as long as the Layof the Last Minstrel. She read me the open-ing lines, after that bland habit of young writ-ers ; and as nearly as I recollect, they began asfollows : I love to see gardens and arbours and plants ;I love the fine air, hut not my fine 68 When not under the spell of mediaeval chiv-alry she prattles needlessly of Georgiana, earlylife, and their old ho
A Kentucky cardinal ; and, Aftermath . ely there incloak and plume with the deadly complexionof Ravenswood. The other day I caught her toiling at some-thing, and she admitted being at work on a poemwhich would be about half as long as the Layof the Last Minstrel. She read me the open-ing lines, after that bland habit of young writ-ers ; and as nearly as I recollect, they began asfollows : I love to see gardens and arbours and plants ;I love the fine air, hut not my fine 68 When not under the spell of mediaeval chiv-alry she prattles needlessly of Georgiana, earlylife, and their old home in Henderson. Al-though I have pointed out to her the grossimpropriety of her conduct, she has persistedin reading me some of Georgianas letterswritten from the home of that New York cousin,whose mother they are now visiting. I didntlike him particularly. Sylvia relates that hewas a favourite of her fathers. The dull month passes to-day. One thing Ihave secretly wished to learn : did her brothercut Georgianas toes entirely off ? 69.
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