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had all the stray branches and bits of straw and dry
leaves swept away. He looked at the walk before
the house, and drew his feet under him suddenly.
The children had raked the sand into a fine pattern
the evening before, and his huge feet had made
dreadful havoc of their work. How wonderfully
things grew here! The six mountain-ash trees which
guarded the grass-plot were as tall as beeches, and
spread wide like oaks. Such trees were rare, and
they were very beautiful. Their thick stems were
covered with green lichen, and the big clusters of
white flowers stood out in relief against the dark
foliage. It reminded him of the evening sky with
its duster of stars. It was impossible not to be
struck by the way in which the vegetation flourished
there. There stood an old willow, so thick
that two men could not clasp hands round it. It
was decayed and hollow now, and the lightning had
destroyed its crown, but it refused to die. Every
spring brought a fringe of fresh green from the old
main stem to prove that it was still alive. That
bird-cherry near the east gable had grown large
enough to shade the whole house. The turf roof
was covered with its fallen blossoms, for the cherry
trees had just finished flowering. And the birches
standing in clumps on the fields certainly had their
Paradise here. They developed as many different
styles of growth as if they were determined to
imitate every other species. One resembled a lime,
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