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Inthislandwherethepopulationwascentredinthetownsitwaspossibletolosesightofcivilisationinaveryshorttime，passingonlyanoccasionalfarmhouse，wherethewomenwerehandlingredrootsinthecourtyard；oralittleboylyingonhiselbowsonthehillsidesurroundedbyaflockofblackstrong-smellinggoats。
Saveforathreadofwateratthebottom，theriverwasmerelyadeepchannelofdryyellowstones。OnthebankgrewthosetreeswhichHelenhadsaiditwasworththevoyageoutmerelytosee。
Aprilhadbursttheirbuds，andtheyborelargeblossomsamongtheirglossygreenleaveswithpetalsofathickwax-likesubstancecolouredanexquisitecreamorpinkordeepcrimson。Butfilledwithoneofthoseunreasonableexultationswhichstartgenerallyfromanunknowncause，andsweepwholecountriesandskiesintotheirembrace，shewalkedwithoutseeing。Thenightwasencroachingupontheday。
Herearshummedwiththetunesshehadplayedthenightbefore；
shesang，andthesingingmadeherwalkfasterandfaster。
Shedidnotseedistinctlywhereshewasgoing，thetreesandthelandscapeappearingonlyasmassesofgreenandblue，withanoccasionalspaceofdifferentlycolouredsky。Facesofpeopleshehadseenlastnightcamebeforeher；sheheardtheirvoices；
shestoppedsinging，andbegansayingthingsoveragainorsayingthingsdifferently，orinventingthingsthatmighthavebeensaid。
Theconstraintofbeingamongstrangersinalongsilkdressmadeitunusuallyexcitingtostridethusalone。Hewet，Hirst，Mr。Venning，MissAllan，themusic，thelight，thedarktreesinthegarden，thedawn，——asshewalkedtheywentsurgingroundinherhead，atumultuousbackgroundfromwhichthepresentmoment，withitsopportunityofdoingexactlyassheliked，sprungmorewonderfullyvivideventhanthenightbefore。
Soshemighthavewalkeduntilshehadlostallknowledgeofherway，haditnotbeenfortheinterruptionofatree，which，althoughitdidnotgrowacrossherpath，stoppedheraseffectivelyasifthebrancheshadstruckherintheface。Itwasanordinarytree，buttoheritappearedsostrangethatitmighthavebeentheonlytreeintheworld。Darkwasthetrunkinthemiddle，andthebranchesspranghereandthere，leavingjaggedintervalsoflightbetweenthemasdistinctlyasifithadbutthatsecondrisenfromtheground。
Havingseenasightthatwouldlastherforalifetime，andforalifetimewouldpreservethatsecond，thetreeoncemoresankintotheordinaryranksoftrees，andshewasabletoseatherselfinitsshadeandtopicktheredflowerswiththethingreenleaveswhichweregrowingbeneathit。Shelaidthemsidebyside，flowertoflowerandstalktostalk，caressingthemforwalkingalone。
Flowersandevenpebblesintheearthhadtheirownlifeanddisposition，andbroughtbackthefeelingsofachildtowhomtheywerecompanions。
Lookingup，hereyewascaughtbythelineofthemountainsflyingoutenergeticallyacrosstheskylikethelashofacurlingwhip。
Shelookedatthepaledistantsky，andthehighbareplacesonthemountain-topslyingexposedtothesun。Whenshesatdownshehaddroppedherbooksontotheearthatherfeet，andnowshelookeddownonthemlyingthere，sosquareinthegrass，atallstembendingoverandticklingthesmoothbrowncoverofGibbon，whilethemottledblueBalzaclaynakedinthesun。Withafeelingthattoopenandreadwouldcertainlybeasurprisingexperience，sheturnedthehistorian’spageandreadthat——
Hisgenerals，intheearlypartofhisreign，attemptedthereductionofAethiopiaandArabiaFelix。Theymarchednearathousandmilestothesouthofthetropic；buttheheatoftheclimatesoonrepelledtheinvadersandprotectedtheunwarlikenativesofthosesequesteredregions……ThenortherncountriesofEuropescarcelydeservedtheexpenseandlabourofconquest。
TheforestsandmorassesofGermanywerefilledwithahardyraceofbarbarians，whodespisedlifewhenitwasseparatedfromfreedom。
Neverhadanywordsbeensovividandsobeautiful——ArabiaFelix——
Aethiopia。Butthosewerenotmorenoblethantheothers，hardyba
