60 THE JONATHAN PAPERS 



chors and crosses and rock-work on big 

 shaved lawns, and, besides, nasturtiums 

 always seemed to be the sort of flowers that 

 people picked with short stems, and tied up 

 in a wad, and stuck in a blue-glass goblet, 

 and set on a table with a red cover on it. I 

 did have horrible associations with nastur 

 tiums.&quot; 



&quot;Then why in thunder do you plant 

 them?&quot; 



&quot;I only thought if there was a drought 

 this summer you know they don t mind 

 drought; Millie Sutphen told me that. And 

 she had a way of cutting them with long 

 stems, so they trailed, and they were really 

 lovely. And then there the package was 

 I thought it would n t do any harm to take 

 it.&quot; 



&quot;Oh, you don t have to apologize,&quot; said 

 Jonathan. &quot;I did n t understand your plan, 

 that was all. I 11 go and see Henry about the 

 trench.&quot; 



I sat on the sunny porch and the March 

 wind swept by the house on each side of me. 

 I gloated over my seed packets. Would they 

 come up? Of course other people s seeds came 



