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. In the forest of Arden. oJthem in a place by themselves; a cor- 3 ner in the study to which Rosalind jj and I went for the books we read to- ^\ gfether. I would gladly give a list of these works but for the fact I have already hinted — that those who would understand their references to Arden will come to know them without aid from me^ and that those who would not understand could find nothing in them even if I should give page and paragraph. It was a great surprise to me, when I first began to speak of the §^^1 Forest, to find that most people scouted the very idea of such a country; many I
. In the forest of Arden. oJthem in a place by themselves; a cor- 3 ner in the study to which Rosalind jj and I went for the books we read to- ^\ gfether. I would gladly give a list of these works but for the fact I have already hinted — that those who would understand their references to Arden will come to know them without aid from me^ and that those who would not understand could find nothing in them even if I should give page and paragraph. It was a great surprise to me, when I first began to speak of the §^^1 Forest, to find that most people scouted the very idea of such a country; many I did not even understand what I meant. ) Many a time, at sunset, when the light I has lain soft and tender on the distant Forest, I have pointed it out, only to be told that what I thought was the Forest was a splendid pile of clouds, a shining mass of mist. I came to understand at. p(^mm^^, 5t^ last that Arden exists only for a few,
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