VIII: Garden Hospitality 



f I "iHERE is no doubt about it — I am not a 

 •■■ genial giver. From the moment that I arm 

 a guest with scissors, I am acutely miserable until 

 her appetite is satisfied. I offer them, indeed, 

 much in the manner of a spoiled child who has 

 been told that it is but courteous to share her 

 playthings and who does so perfunctorily, and 

 with an air of pained politeness. At first I look 



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