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In the early seasonpeople drove out here to see Peter Beekman's tulip-beds. There were borders of artemisias, as they were called, that diffused apungent fragrance. We had not shaken hands so neighborly with Japanthen, nor learned how she evolved her wonderful chrysanthemums. The little girl grew quite talkative with Mr. Beekman. You see, in thosedays there was a theory about children being seen and not heard, and noone expected a little six-year-old to entertain or disturb a room fullof compan...y. The repression made them rather diffident, to be sure. ButMr. Beekman gathered her a nosegay of spice pinks, carnations now, andtook her to see his beautiful ducks, snowy white, in a little pond, andanother pair of Muscovy ducks, then some rare Mandarin ducks from China. She told him about the ducks and chickens at Yonkers and how sorry shewas to leave them. And then came the handsome white Angora cat with its long fur andcurious eyes that were almost blue, and when she said "mie-e-o-u" in arather delighted tone, it seemed as if she meant "O master, where haveyou been?
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