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The Solitary Summer
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Elizabeth Von Arnim
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Moreover,
he
is
filled
with
that
humility
and
eagerness
to
learn
which
is
only
found
in
those
who
have
already
learned
more
than
their
neighbours.
He
enters
into
my
plans
with
enthusiasm,
and
makes
suggestions
of
his
own,
which,
if
not
always
quite
in
accordance
with
what
are
perhaps
my
peculiar
tastes,
at
least
plainly
show
that
he
understands
his
business.
We
had
a
very
busy
winter
together
altering
all
the
beds,
for
they
none
of
them
had
been
given
a
soil
in
which
plants
could
grow,
and
next
autumn
I
intend
to
have
all
the
so-called
lawns
dug
up
and
levelled,
and
shall
see
whether
I
cannot
have
decent
turf
here.
I
told
him
he
must
save
the
daisy
and
dandelion
roots,
and
he
looked
rather
crestfallen
at
that,
but
he
is
young,
and
can
learn
to
like
what
I
like,
and
get
rid
of
his
only
fault,
a
nursery-
gardener
attitude
towards
all
flowers
that
are
not
the
fashion.
"I
shall
want
a
great
many
daffodils
next
spring,"
I
shouted
one
day
at
the
beginning
of
our
acquaintance.
His
eyes
gleamed.
"Ah
yes,"
he
said
with
immediate
approval,
"they
are
_sehr
modern."
I
was
divided
between
amusement
at
the
notion
of
Spenser's
daffadowndillies
being
modern,
and
indignation
at
hearing
exactly
the
same
adjective
applied
to
them
that
the
woman
who
sells
me
my
hats
bestows
on
the
most
appalling
examples
of
her
stock.
"They
are
to
be
in
troops
on
the
grass,"
I
said;
whereupon
his
face
grew
doubtful.
"That
is
indeed
sehr
modern,"
I
shouted.
But
he
had
grown
suddenly
deafer--a
phenomenon
I
have
observed
to
occur
every
time
my
orders
are
such
as
he
has
never
been
given
before.
After
a
time
he
will,
I
think,
become
imbued
with
my
unorthodoxy
in
these
matters;
and
meanwhile
he
has
the
true
gardening
spirit
and
loves
his
work,
and
love,
after
all,
is
the
chief
thing.
I
know
of
no
compost
so
good.
In
the
poorest
soil,
love
alone,
by
itself,
will
work
wonders.
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