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TT needed much strategy for me to procure space 

 ■*■ for my lilies, iris and peonies, for my garden 

 partner's specialty is vegetables, and as he has a 

 lusty appetite it happens that he, considers it most 

 important to retain the greater part of the back gar- 

 den — especially the richer parts — for his vege- 

 tables. 



While he applauds and admires my efforts in the 

 flower domairi, he does not care to lessen his spiritual 

 enjoyment of flowers by too great a corporeal labor, 

 or shattering intimacy. I never disputed in words 

 his natural right to the best parts of the back garden. 



Always outwardly agree with a man — that is the 

 wisest thing I've thought so far in this book. 



I agreed and then racked my brain as to how I 

 could win by force of tact a certain tract of land 



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