. In the forest of Arden. ^r^^ fT^W^il ti^- m»^^^^^;^i^M alone for a time, and wc had expectedto have a few days to ourselves. Wehad even planned in our romantic mo-ments— and there is always a gooddeal of romance among the dwellers inArden — a continuation of our weddingjourney during the first week, ^*It will be so much more delightfulthan before/^ suggested Rosalind, ^^ be-cause nobody will stare at us, and weshall have the whole world to our-selves/^ In that last phrase I recog-nised the ideal wedding journey, andwas not at all dismayed at the prospectof having no society but Rosalindas fo

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. In the forest of Arden. ^r^^ fT^W^il ti^- m»^^^^^;^i^M alone for a time, and wc had expectedto have a few days to ourselves. Wehad even planned in our romantic mo-ments— and there is always a gooddeal of romance among the dwellers inArden — a continuation of our weddingjourney during the first week, ^*It will be so much more delightfulthan before/^ suggested Rosalind, ^^ be-cause nobody will stare at us, and weshall have the whole world to our-selves/^ In that last phrase I recog-nised the ideal wedding journey, andwas not at all dismayed at the prospectof having no society but Rosalindas fora time. But all such anticipations were fdispelled in an hour. It was not that *we met many people, — it is one of the delights of the Forest that one findssociety enough to take away the senseof isolation, but not enough to destroythe sweetness of solitude; it was ratherthat the few we met made us feel at 29. !iji«ife 4 hi if itM - .M i% Wi.! ?

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