-lsb- illustration: old mr. salford was a crab-apple of an old gentleman who wandered all day in the gardens -rsb- -lsb- illustration: away he flew, right over the houses to the gardens -rsb- the two last places before you come to our gate are the dogs' cemetery and the chaffinch's nest, but we pretend not to know what the dogs' cemetery is, as porthos is always with us.