58 THE JONATHAN PAPERS 



do. &quot;Sweet alyssum and pansies,&quot; I said, 

 &quot;and here are the sweet peas.&quot; 



Jonathan took them &quot; Dorothy Eck- 

 ford, Lady Grisel Hamilton, Gladys Unwin, 

 Early Dawn, White Spencer. By George! 

 you mean to keep Henry busy! Here s ten 

 ounces of peas!&quot; 



&quot;They were so much cheaper by the ounce,&quot; 

 I murmured. 



&quot;And hold up! Did you know they 

 gave you some asters? These are n t sweet 

 peas.&quot; 



&quot;No I know but I thought you see, 

 sweet peas are over by August, and asters 

 go on all through October don t you re 

 member what lovely ones Christabel had?&quot; 



&quot;Hm! But isn t the world full of asters, 

 anyway, in September and October, without 

 your planting any more?&quot; He grinned a 

 little. &quot;I thought that was your idea you 

 said Christabel grubbed so.&quot; 



&quot;Why, yes; but asters are n t any trouble. 

 You just put them in &quot; 



&quot;And weed them.&quot; 



&quot;Yes and weed them; but I wouldn t 

 mind that.&quot; 



