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her several times ! Don't you recollect, I upbraided 

 you for having done so, and you asked me who had 

 told me so. I told you some folks working in the 

 vineyards on the hills culminating the garden had 

 seen you, and you answered me as if you had achieved 

 a great feat that you had done so and would do 

 it again as soon as you would have a chance, if she 

 would permit you. Is it so ? Well, Madame, then I 

 wanted to flirt ; to " woo in naturalibus" and to-day 

 I do love platonically. I try to learn the theory of 

 expressions proper to express my love when 1 shall 

 find the person that shall inspire me. Love ! as I un- 

 derstand it until then, I will love the plants, and 



both together. When coming home this afternoon, I 

 was tired, and I found a fine spot under an elm tree, 

 not far from the spot where your dear sighted folks 

 had seen me kissing that young girl. I laid down 

 under that tree, and I have learned half of the verb 

 amo ! to love. When I went out at that time I had 

 always my latin grammar in my pocket, so as not to 

 lose any time in resting my legs. 



Once in a while we had little squalls about news- 

 papers. Whenever there were some bitter articles in 

 the Republican papers about the government, or any 

 thing that indicated that democracy was progressing 

 she would cut it off before she gave it to me. She had 



