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XLV. Troy's Romanticism

           Itwasontheobscuresideofthetower,screenedtoagreatextentfromtheviewofpassersalongtheroadaspotwhichuntillatelyhadbeenabandonedtoheapsofstonesandbushesofalder,butnowitwasclearedandmadeorderlyforinterments,byreasonoftherapidfillingofthegroundelsewhere.

           Herenowstoodthetombasthemenhadstated,snow-whiteandshapelyinthegloom,consistingofheadandfoot-stone,andenclosingborderofmarble-workunitingthem.Inthemidstwasmould,suitableforplants.

           Troydepositedhisbasketbesidethetomb,andvanishedforafewminutes.Whenhereturnedhecarriedaspadeandalantern,thelightofwhichhedirectedforafewmomentsuponthemarble,whilsthereadtheinscription.Hehunghislanternonthelowestboughoftheyew-tree,andtookfromhisbasketflower-rootsofseveralvarieties.Therewerebundlesofsnow-drop,hyacinthandcrocusbulbs,violetsanddoubledaisies,whichweretobloominearlyspring,andofcarnations,pinks,picotees,liliesofthevalley,forget-me-not,summer’sfarewell,meadow-saffronandothers,forthelaterseasonsoftheyear.

           Troylaidtheseoutuponthegrass,andwithanimpassivefacesettoworktoplantthem.Thesnowdropswerearrangedinalineontheoutsideofthecoping,theremainderwithintheenclosureofthegrave.Thecrocusesandhyacinthsweretogrowinrows;someofthesummerflowersheplacedoverherheadandfeet,theliliesandforget-me-notsoverherheart.Theremainderweredispersedinthespacesbetweenthese

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