`` There 's a bite for you in the dining room . After you 've eaten it you must dress . Mind you brush your hair well down , Father . The green room is ready for you , Selwyn . Tomorrow I 'll have a good talk with you , but tonight I 'll be too busy to remember you 're around . How are we all going to get over to Wish-ton-wish ? Leo and Bertha are going in the pony carriage . It wo n't hold a third passenger . You 'll have to squeeze in with Father and me in the buggy , Selwyn . '' `` By no means , '' replied Selwyn briskly . `` I 'll walk over to Wish-ton-wish . Ifs only half a mile across lots . I suppose the old way is still open ? '' `` It ought to be , '' answered Mr. Grant drily ; `` Leo has kept it well trodden . If you 've forgotten how it runs he can tell you . '' `` I have n't forgotten , '' said Selwyn , a little brusquely . He had his own reasons for remembering the wood path . Leo had not been the first Grant to go courting to Wish-ton-wish . When he started , the moon was rising round and red and hazy in an eastern hill-gap . The autumn air was mild and spicy .
Long shadows stretched XXXXX the fields on his right and silvery mosaics patterned the floor of the old beechwood lane .
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