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To walk in an avenue of clipped limes with a woman who is nearly blind, and talk to her of the past, would be indeed an adventure far "beyond the range of formal man's emotion." Madame interrupted our love story. She would be another that would be five and I shall think of two more during dinner. But now I must be moving on; the day has ended; Paris is defining itself upon a straw-coloured sky.
Her favourite Aennchen brought me her first letter. The girl's face beamed, and had a look as if she commended me for a worthy deed. 'An answer, Aennchen? I asked her. 'Yes, yes! said she anxiously; 'but it will take more time than I can spare. She appointed a meeting near the palace garden-gates at night. I chose a roof of limes to read under.
When she and Baroudi came into the room where they were to eat, the tray was already in its place, set out with white silk napkins, with rounds of yellow bread, and with limes cut into slices. The walls were hung with silks of shimmering green, and dull gold, and deep and sultry red. Upon the floor were strewn some more of the marvellous rugs, of which Baroudi seemed to have an unlimited supply.
"But," said Charles, "the best way I can show my gratitude for his patronage, is to prove myself a good officer to my king and country." Which I thought a brave sentiment, and was pleased thereat; for somehow Charles, from the time he brought me the limes to make a bowl of punch, in his pocket from Jamaica, had built a nest of affection in my heart. But, oh! the wicked wastry of life in war.
What made it worse, every night he dreamed of fruits that were snatched away, like the food of Tantalus, as he approached to grasp them. Two nights before he had been wandering knee-deep in English strawberry beds; the night before he had been shaking down limes and oranges from groves of trees set with green leaves and studded with golden fruit.
Nina had forgotten all about Miss Burgoyne as the little party of three passed through the cool gray courtyard of the palace and entered into the golden glow of the gardens for now the westering sun was rich and warm on the tall elms and limes and threw deep shadows on the greensward under the short black yews.
When I saw the effect on the faces of the electric footlights, I entreated Henry to have the gas restored, and he did. We used gas footlights and gas limes there until we left the theater for good in 1902. To this I attribute much of the beauty of our lighting. I say "our" because this was a branch of Henry's work in which I was always his chief helper.
"There's a man goin' by old all over, and a white whisker. Who is it?" inquired Dotty, changing the subject again. "The whisker looks like snow, 's if his chin's cold!" "Never mind the man," returned Prudy. "If you'll go I'll spend my five cents, and buy you some pep'mints." "I'd rather have pickled limes," said Dotty thoughtfully.
Ellis at the Limes, with whom it remained till seven; then it was taken to Miss Brooks at the Manor House, who, since she got it late, had the advantage of keeping it. In summer Mrs. Carey, when she was making jam, often asked her for a copy to cover the pots with. When the Vicar settled down to his paper his wife put on her bonnet and went out to do the shopping. Philip accompanied her.
Her eyes were fixed upon him, but she saw through him, and jealous of her thought he drew her towards him. "Let us go into the arbour," he said. "I have never been into the arbour of clipped limes with you." "Why do you want to go into the arbour?" "I want to kiss you.... The gardener can see us now; a moment ago he was behind the Jerusalem artichokes."
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