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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: LITTLE SPECK IN GARNERED FRUIT 1 HE honeymoon was at its full. There was a flat with the reddest of new carpets, tasselled portieres and six steins with pewter lids arranged on a ledge above the wainscoting of the dining-room. The wonder of it was yet upon them. Neither of them had ever seen a yellow primrose by the river's brim; but if such a sight had met their eyes at that time it would ever seemed like ? well, whatever the poet expected the right kind of people to see in it besides a primrose. The bride sat in the rocker with her feet resting upon the world. She was wrapt in rosy dreams and a kimono of the same hue. She wondered what the people in Greenland and Tasmania and Beloochistan were saying one to another about her marriage to Kid McGarry. Not that it made any difference. There was no welter-weight from London to the Southern Cross that could stand up four hours ? no; four rounds ? with her bridegroom. And he had been hers for three weeks; and the crook of her little finger could sway him more than the fist of any 142- pounder in the world. Love, when it is ours, is the other name for selfabnegation and sacrifice. When it belongs to peopk- across the airshaft it means arrogance and self- conceit. The bride crossed her oxfords and looked thoughtfully at the distemper Cupids on the ceiling. Precious, said she, with the air of Cleopatra asking Antony for Rome done up in tissue paper and delivered at residence, I think I would like a peach. Kid McGarry arose and put on his coat and hat. He was serious, shaven, sentimental, and spry. All right, said he, as coolly as though he were only agreeing to sign articles to fight the champion of England. I'll step down and cop one out for you ? see ? Don't be long, said the bride. I'll be loneso...
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