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Jan and Pieter puffed and cursed as they lugged the last crate into the lock up. “Don’t forget we have to ship all this stuff back out again when we sell it!” “Don’t I know it! At least it will be smaller quantities.” “I am not sure this is the best place to store it, …
The Castle of No Love If there are many corners of the Garden that have sunshine and flower, there are others where darkness falls in the daylight. I do not know of all these places in the Garden, but the one I fear the most is the Castle of No Love. You will not be …
On Jeu du Mall Who is not familiar with the common garden game played with mallet, ball and hoop? The Garden game is not exactly croquet, but its roots must surely be from the same tree. If I fear I must accept some responsibility for certain irregularities and anomalies in its evolution, the Garden game …
Upon the Bole Hall One cannot deny there is a kind of innocence in the Gnomes. Indeed, the Mistress will sometimes get frustrated with them for what she perceives as their gullibility. But if they are gullible, I wonder if it is such a bad quality. They will accept what you say and never question …
On Being Green Gnomes, of course, are green-skinned, which is in itself a thing rarum. Of the green-skinned gnomes there are many shades: dark and light, dappled and piebald, rich and bright to match the many shades of green in the Garden. If we can say they are green-skinned, gnomes are also green in their …
