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Chapter 18

           Myfathercamebackonedaywithanexpensivebookonbirds.Icouldhardlytellthecommonestbirdsapart,hadneverthoughtofdoingso.Butmyfather’swasaninspiredguess.Lyinginbed,lookingatthestiffposesinthepictures,IbegantowanttoseethelivingrealityandtheonlyrealitytobeginwithformewasthesingingthatIheardthroughmysickroomwindow.Icametobirdsthroughsound.Suddenlyeventhechirpingofsparrowsseemedmysterious.AndthesingingofbirdsIhadheardathousandtimes,thrushes,blackbirdsinourgarden,IheardasifIhadneverheardthembefore.Laterinmylifeçaserapourunautrejourbirdsledmeintoaveryunusualexperience."YouseethechildIwas.Lazy,lonely,yes,verylonely.Whatisthatword?Asissy.Talentedinmusic,andinnothingelse.AndIwasanonlychild,spoiltbymyparents.AsIenteredmyfourthluster,itbecameevidentthatIwasnotgoingtofulfillmyearlypromise.Bruneausawitfirst,andthenIdid.Thoughwetacitlyagreednottotellmyparents,itwasdifficultformetoaccept.Sixteenisabadageatwhichtoknowonewillneverbeagenius.ButbythenIwasinlove."IfirstsawLilywhenshewasfourteen,andIwasayearolder,soonaftermybreakdown.WelivedinSt.John’sWood.Inoneofthosesmallwhitemansionsforsuccessfulmerchants.Youknowthem?Asemi-circulardrive.Aportico.Atthebackwasalonggarden,attheendofitalittleorchard,somesixorsevenovergrownappleandpeartrees.Unkempt,butverygreen.Ombreux.

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