OUR COUNTRY LIFE 



year, and their delight in past accomplishment keen 

 beyond belief. 



"How long have you had this place?" is a usual ques 

 tion when we are showing visitors the various parts of 

 the estate, endeavoring to select and emphasize those 

 details which will appeal most to their particular out 

 look. Lately I have noticed, when the answer has been 

 'Ten years," a look of surprise accompanying the reply, 

 "Oh, really!" quite an emphatic "really." I try to 

 control my enthusiasm and wonder what my visitor is 

 thinking, as we go from one fascinating sight to another. 



As I look back over the flying months it does not seem 

 possible that it is ten whole years* since we came into 

 possession of our country home, although what occupied 

 our minds before that is an equal mystery! Instead of 

 exhausting its possibilities and becoming tired of its per 

 plexities, we feel that we have just begun to realize a 

 small part of its pleasures ; not only have we our faits 

 accompli* to gloat over, but there are an infinite num 

 ber before us still to be accomplished. After all, were 

 these "perplexities" anything more than delightful 



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