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I'm ashamed of you, parson! Why, you know good and well " "Why, John Flint, you " I began, aghast. My mother began to laugh. "For heaven's sake, thank them both and have done with it!" said she, a bit hysterically. "God alone knows how they managed, but this thing lies between them, the two great geese. Did one ever hear the like?" "Madame is right, as always," said Laurence gravely.
Before him the flat expanse of Clerke's Green opened out; and the turf of it beaded with dew which the frail sunshine of the early morning had failed to burn up was crossed by long tracks of darker green, where flocks of geese had wandered over its misty surface. Here the traveling menagerie and all the booths of the fair had been stationed.
I like for sleep there,” she insisted eagerly. “My mamenka have nice bed, with pillows from our own geese in Bohemie. See, Jim?” She pointed to the narrow bunk which Krajiek had built against the wall for himself before the Shimerdas came. Grandmother sighed. “Sure enough, where would you sleep, dear! I don’t doubt you’re warm there.
I must not forget to mention the great number of wild geese we saw here on the river.
And if you think fit to make grotesques of animals there, make them of birds singing, geese going forth to their pasture, cocks announcing the day, and similar fancies.
Then I would see my little people stretch their necks, open their eyes, and come a step nearer; and it would often happen that the chickens, ducklings, and geese, which were loitering close by in the grass, imitated their comrades and drew near too. I then would put my watch to my ear and smile like a man having a secret whispered to him.
And he crawled back into bed, and in a few moments was almost asleep, when Archie suddenly exclaimed, "They're coming back!" And the geese again passed over the house, in full cry. They knew it was the same flock, because they came from toward the river, and that was the same direction in which they had gone but a few moments before.
In front of them rushed the river, which was strong and violent in the snow-melting time; behind them they had an impassable mountain rock wall, and overhanging branches screened them. They couldn't have it better. The geese were asleep instantly; but the boy couldn't get a wink of sleep.
I tell you, it's jest a picture to see them two together." "Very odd, very odd," brooded the doctor, frowning, "but this seems to be an odd place and an odd set of people. You've no real idea why Dan left the ranch?" "Ask the wild geese," said Buck bitterly. He added: "Maybe you'd better ask Dan's black hoss or his dog, Bart. They'd know better'n anything else."
When they started, he knew where they were going, and he rushed ahead through the silent little sleeping town, and led the way across the wide Commons, where the cows lay in dim bulks on the grass, and the geese waddled out of his way with wild, clamorous cries, till they came in sight of the Reservoir.
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