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After half an hour's work he found it was impossible to get on without using a clue: so he procured a roll of twine from Clutterham, and laid it out along the alleys from the entrance to the centre, tying the end to the ring at the top of the globe. This expedient helped him to set out a rough plan before luncheon, and in the afternoon he was able to draw it in more neatly.
The gardeners had removed the guide-marks they had been using, and even Clutterham, when summoned to assist, was as helpless as the rest. 'The point is, you see, Mr Wilson I should say 'Umphreys these mazes is purposely constructed so much alike, with a view to mislead. Still, if you'll foller me, I think I can put you right.
'At any rate you've won your bet with Miss Foster, he said; 'you have been inside the maze; and I promise you the first thing I do shall be to make a proper plan of it with the lines marked out for you to go by. 'That's what's wanted, sir, said Clutterham, 'someone to draw out a plan and keep it by them.
'I can see, he said, 'that you've found your meatear here, Mr Humphreys: you'll make this place a regular signosier before very many seasons have passed over our heads. I wish Clutterham had been here that's the head gardener and here he would have been of course, as I told you, but for his son's being horse doover with a fever, poor fellow!
However, he joined them at last, and was first consulted without effect and then stationed by the hat, which Clutterham still considered it necessary to leave on the ground.
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