And each had come to the determination

The course she had adopted was the best;

A course, perhaps, my reader never would have guessed.[13]

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XXXV.

Ah! would you like to hear? then I will tell.

They had arranged to take a country seat;

Perhaps the choice was happy—very well,

They chose a pretty house and farm complete,

Such as where solitude and pleasure meet,

With everything that comfort could devise,

A smiling garden, sweetly gay and neat,

Old-fashioned, though of most convenient size;

For such as this precisely did they advertise.

XXXVI.

They did not call it as folks love to do,

In bustling centres of incessant trade,

And leafless acres, though perhaps a few

Pet dandelions blossom in the shade

Where other vegetation will all fade,

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