Thus he got to know the shapes of some of the constellations, and not a few of the aspects of the heavens.

But even then he never felt alone, for he gazed at the vista from the midst of a cityful of his fellows.

Then there were the scents of the laylocks and the roses and the carnations and the sweet-peas, that came floating out from the gardens, contending sometimes with those of the grocers' and chemists' shops.

Now and then too he came in for a small feed of strawberries, which were very plentiful in their season.

Sitting then on a hospitable doorstep, with the feet and faces of friends passing him in both directions, and love embodied in the warmth of summer all about him, he would eat his strawberries, and inherit the earth..