Mr. Sherwood had purchased it at a very reasonable figure,
considering the advantages it possessed, and having obtained a permanent
and remunerative position in the office of a large manufacturing firm, the
family had reason to hope that this was their last move for some years.
Dexie was delighted at the possibilities which the well-laid-out kitchen
garden at the rear of the house promised to afford. Everything at present
was bare and sere, but when the spring opened it would require but little
labor, and that of a pleasant description, to prepare a garden that should
delight the heart of any housekeeper; and the flower-beds in the front of
the house, which were now covered and protected by branches of fir, would
in due season blossom into spots of beauty.
The family-life at this time was very pleasant. Gussie seemed to have
forgotten, for the time, all her former jealous and unkind feelings, which
had made her so often, while in Halifax, an unpleasant member of the
household.
Society in Lennoxville was pleasant and attractive, and the Sherwoods were
made right welcome among a choice circle of friends.
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