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be Leotard察I think。       Better let HIM go。; 

     ;Oh察yes察we can't save Leotard察─assented Charlotte察limply。 

     Poor old Leotard       I said nothing察of course察I was not on in this piece。 

But察surely察had Leotard heard and rightly understood all that was going on 

above him察he must have sent up one feeble察strangled cry察one faint appeal 

to be   rescued   from  unfamiliar little Annies   and   retained   for   an   audience 

certain to appreciate and never unduly critical。 

     ;Now I've got to the Noah's Ark察─panted Harold察still groping blindly。 

     ;Try and shove the lid back a bit察─said Charlotte察 and pull out a dove 

or a zebra or a giraffe if there's one handy。; 

     Harold toiled on with grunts and contortions察and presently produced 

in triumph a small grey elephant and a large beetle with a red stomach。 

     ;They're jammed in too tight察─he complained。                 ;Can't get any more 

out。    But   as   I   came   up   I'm   sure   I   felt   Potiphar ─And   down   he   dived 

again。 

     Potiphar   was   a   finely   modelled   bull   with   a   suede   skin察  rough   and 

comfortable and warm in bed。            He was my own special joy and pride察and 

I thrilled with honest emotion when Potiphar emerged to light once more察

stout´necked and stalwart as ever。 

     ;That'll have to do察─said Charlotte察getting up。            ;We dursn't take any 

more察'cos we'll be found out if we do。            Make the box all right察and bring 



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'em along。; 

     Harold   rammed   down   the   wads   of   paper   and   twists   of   straw   he   had 

disturbed察  replaced   the   lid   squarely   and   innocently察  and   picked   up   his 

small salvage察and we sneaked off for the window most generally in use 

for prison´breakings   and   nocturnal escapades。             A  few seconds   later  and 

we were hurrying silently in single file along the dark edge of the lawn。 

     Oh察the riot察the clamour察the crowding chorus察of all silent things that 

spoke   by   scent   and   colour   and   budding   thrust   and   foison察  that   moonlit 

night    of   June    Under     the   laurel´shade     all  was   still  ghostly    enough察

brigand´haunted察crackling察whispering of night and all its possibilities of 

terror。    But   the open garden察 when once  we  were  in   ithow it turned   a 

glad new face to welcome us察glad as of old when the sunlight raked and 

searched it察new with the unfamiliar night´aspect that yet welcomed us as 

guests to a hall where the horns blew up to a new察strange banquet                      Was 

this the same grass察could these be the same familiar flower´beds察alleys察

clumps of verdure察patches of sward拭               At least this full white light that 

was   flooding   them   was   new察  and   accounted   for   all。      It   was   Moonlight 

Land察and Past´Ten´ o'clock Land察and we were in it and of it察and all its 

other   denizens   fully   understood察  and察  tongue´free   and   awakened   at   last察

responded       and   comprehended        and    knew。     The     other   two察  doubtless察

hurrying forward full of their mission察noted little of all this。               I察who was 

only a super察had leisure to take it all in察and察though the language and the 

message   of   the   land   were   not   all   clear   to   me   then察  long   afterwards   I 

remembered and understood。 

     Under the farthest hedge察at the loose end of things察where the outer 

world   began   with   the   paddock察  there   was   darkness   once   againnot   the 

blackness      that  crouched     so   solidly   under    the  crowding      laurels察  but  a 

duskiness      hung    from    far´spread    arms    of   high´standing      elms。    There察

where the small grave made a darker spot on the grey察I overtook them察

only just in time to see Rosa laid stiffly out察her cherry cheeks pale in the 

moonlight察but her brave smile triumphant and undaunted as ever。                      It was 

a   tiny   grave   and   a   shallow   one察  to   hold   so   very   much。 Rosa   once   in察

Potiphar察  who   had   hitherto   stood   erect察  stout´necked察  through   so   many 

days   and   such   various   weather察  must   needs   bow   his   head   and   lie   down 



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meekly on his side。           The elephant and the beetle察equal now in a silent 

land   where   a   vertebra   and   a   red   circulation   counted   for   nothing察  had   to 

snuggle   down   where   best   they   might察  only   a   little   less   crowded   than   in 

their native Ark。 

     The earth was shovelled in and stamped down察and I was glad that no 

orisons were said and no speechifying took place。                    The whole thing was 

natural     and    right   and    self´explanatory察     and    needed     no    justifying    or 

interpreting to our audience of stars and flowers。                 The connexion was not 

entirely     broken     nowone      link   remained     between      us   and   them。     The 

Noah's Ark察with its cargo of sad´faced emigrants察might be hull down on 

the   horizon察  but   two   of   its   passengers   had   missed   the   boat   and   would 

henceforth be always near us察and察as we played above them察an elephant 

would understand察and a beetle would hear察and crawl again in spirit along 

a   familiar    floor。   Henceforth       the   spotty   horse    would     scour    along   far´ 

distant   plains   and know   the   homesickness   of   alien stables察  but   Potiphar察

though never again would he paw the arena when bull´fights were on the 

bill察  was   spared   maltreatment   by   town´bred   strangers察  quite   capable   of 

mistaking   him   for   a   cow。      Jerry   and   Esmeralda   might   shed   their   limbs 

and     their  stuffing察   by   slow    or   swift   degrees察    in  uttermost     parts   and 

unguessed corners of the globe察but Rosa's book was finally closed察and no 

worse   fate   awaited   her   than   natural   dissolution   almost   within   touch   and 

hail of familiar faces and objects that had been friendly to her since first 

she   opened   her   eyes   on   a   world   where   she   had   never   been   treated   as   a 

stranger。 

     As   we   turned   to   go察  the   man   in   the   moon察  tangled   in   elm´boughs察

caught my eye for a moment察and I thought that never had he looked so 

friendly。     He   was   going   to   see   after   them察  it   was   evident察  for   he   was 

always   there察  more   or   less察  and   it   was   no   trouble   to   him   at   all察  and   he 

would tell them how things were still going察up here察and throw in a story 

or two of his own whenever they seemed a trifle dull。                     It made the going 

away rather easier察to know one had left somebody behind on the spot察a 

good fellow察 too察 cheery察  comforting察with   a   fund of anecdote察  a   man   in 

whom one had every confidence。 



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