37/49 Plants you observe; hyacinths; books again; birds.' These birds, by the bye, comprised, in all, one staggering old sparrow without a tail, which had been borrowed expressly from the kitchen. Those who seek heartless splendour, would seek here in vain.' With that he led them to the floor above. This is a room in which an idea for a steeple occurred to me that I may one day give to the world. |