[Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper by T. S. Arthur]@TWC D-Link bookTrials and Confessions of a Housekeeper CHAPTER VI 4/14
And, then, you know, the house is at such a convenient distance, and the stages pass the door at every half hour.
You can get to business as easily as if we resided in the city." I was in the mood for a change, and so it happened was Mr.Smith. The more we thought and talked about the matters, the more inclined were we to break up in the city, and go permanently to the country. And, finally, we resolved to try the experiment. So the pleasant country house was taken, and the town house given up, and, in due time, we took our flight to where nature had just carpeted the earth in freshest green, and caused the buds to expand, and the trees of the forest to clothe themselves in verdure. How pleasant was every thing.
A gardener had been employed to put the garden and lawn in order, and soon we were delighted to see the first shoots from seeds that had been planted, making their way through the ground.
To me, all was delightful.
I felt almost as light-hearted as a child, and never tired of expressing my pleasure at the change. "Come and see us," said I, to one city friend and another, on meeting them.
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