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Maybe I can get along with her after allRosemary did not notice
Scarlett's efforts to find a common groundShe was lost in a lost
world: Dunmore Landing before the War"This was called 'the hidden
garden' because of the way the tall hedges along the paths kept you
from seeing it until all of a sudden you were in it
When I was little I'd hide in here whenever bath time was coming
The servants were wonderful to me-they'd thrash around the hedges
shouting back and forth about how they knew they'd never find me
I thought I'd been so cleverAnd when my Mammy stumbled through
the
gate, she'd always act surprised to see me
"I had a Mammy, tooShe-" Rosemary was already moving on
"Down this way is the reflecting poolThere were black swans and
white onesRhett says maybe they'll come back once the reeds are
cut
out and all that filthy algae cleaned upSee that clump of bushes?
It's really an island, purpose built for the swans to nest onIt was
all grass, of course, clipped when it wasn't nesting seasonAnd there
was a miniature Greek temple of white marble
Maybe the pieces are somewhere in the tangleA lot of people are
afraid of swansThey can do terrible injury with their beaks and
wingsBut ours let me swim with them once the cygnets were out of
the
nestMama used to read me The
