We forthwith began to class and set apart the articles designed
for sale, under the direction of an upholder from London; and,
that nobody in the house might be idle, commenced our reformation
without doors, as well as within. With Baynard's good leave, I
ordered the gardener to turn the rivulet into its old channel, to
refresh the fainting Naiads, who had so long languished among
mouldring roots, withered leaves, and dry pebbles -- The shrubbery
is condemned to extirpation; and the pleasure ground will be
restored to its original use of corn-field and pasture -- Orders
are given for rebuilding the walls of the garden at the back of
the house, and for planting clumps of firs, intermingled with
beech and chestnut, at the east end, which is now quite exposed
to the surly blasts that come from that quarter. All these works
being actually begun, and the house and auction left to the care
and management of a reputable attorney, I brought Baynard along
with me in the chaise, and made him acquainted with Dennison,
whose goodness of heart would not fail to engage his esteem and
affection. -- He is indeed charmed with our society in general, and
declares that he never saw the theory of true pleasure reduced to
practice before.
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