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Chapter X. At The Back Of The North Wind

           ThiswasnotDiamond’sexperience,butthenDurante—thatwasthenameoftheItalian,anditmeansLasting,forhisbookswilllastaslongasthereareenoughmenintheworldworthyofhavingthem—Durantewasanelderlyman,andDiamondwasalittleboy,andsotheirexperiencemustbealittledifferent.Thepeasantgirl,ontheotherhand,fellfastasleepinawood,andwokeinthesamecountry.

           Indescribingit,Durantesaysthatthegroundeverywheresmeltsweetly,andthatagentle,even-temperedwind,whichneverblewfasterorslower,breathedinhisfaceashewent,makingalltheleavespointoneway,notsoastodisturbthebirdsinthetopsofthetrees,but,onthecontrary,soundingabasstotheirsong.Hedescribesalsoalittleriverwhichwassofullthatitslittlewaves,asithurriedalong,bentthegrass,fullofredandyellowflowers,throughwhichitflowed.Hesaysthatthepureststreamintheworldbesidethisonewouldlookasifitweremixedwithsomethingthatdidnotbelongtoit,evenalthoughitwasflowingeverinthebrownshadowofthetrees,andneithersunnormooncouldshineuponit.HeseemstoimplythatitisalwaysthemonthofMayinthatcountry.Itwouldbeoutofplacetodescribeherethewonderfulsightshesaw,forthemusicofthemisinanotherkeyfromthatofthisstory,andIshallthereforeonlyaddfromtheaccountofthistraveller,thatthepeopletherearesofreeandsojustandsohealthy,thateveryoneofthemhasacrownlikeakingandamitrelikeapriest.

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