17/32 But I'll stay a little and talk to Mrs.Alison, if I may." "Ah, you may!" said Mrs.Alison. The elm boughs of the avenue hid the whole. The cloud continents and islands were dissolving into the air ocean, the sun lay in strong beams, the water drops were drying from leaf and blade. Mrs.Alison and Alexander moved through the great hall and down a corridor to a little parlor that was hers alone. |