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under a leafy tree side by side, and read together Romeo and
Juliet; and then I would have you fall on your knees and on
my behalf kiss the ground on which her foot has left its im-
print; then tell her it is the homage of a poet to her radiant
youth and to your love for her.
Yours always,
G. Etheridge Hayward.
‘What damned rot!’ said Philip, when he finished the let-
ter.
Miss Wilkinson oddly enough had suggested that they
should read Romeo and Juliet together; but Philip had firm-
ly declined. Then, as he put the letter in his pocket, he felt a
queer little pang of bitterness because reality seemed so dif-
ferent from the ideal.

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