High Above The Roof Rose The Greenery, And Over The Edge Of
The Verandah, Throughout Its Length, Hung A Deep
Fringe of green,
reaching right down to the ground at the posts; everywhere among the
boughs trailed long strands of
Bright red mistletoe, while within the
leafy bower itself hanging four feet deep from the centre of the high
roof one dense elongated mass of mistletoe swayed gently in the breeze,
its heaped-up scarlet blossoms clustering about it like a swarm of
glorious bees.
Cheon interrupted the decorations with a call to "Bressfass! Duck cully
and lice," he sang boldly, and then followed in a doubtful, hesitating
quaver: "I - think - sausage. Must have sausage for Clisymus bress-fass,"
he said emphatically, as he ushered us to seats, and we agreed with our
usual "Of course!" But we found fried balls of minced collops, which
Cheon hastened to explain would have been sausages if only he had had
skins to pack them into.
"Him close up sausage!" he assured us, but that anxious quaver was back
in his voice, and to banish all clouds from his loyal old heart, we ate
heartily of the collops, declaring they were sausages in all BUT skins.
Skins, we persuaded him, were merely appendages to sausages, barriers, in
fact, between men and delectable feasts; and satisfied that we were
satisfied, he became all beams once more, and called our attention to the
curried duck.
The duck discussed, he hinted that dinner was the be all and end all of
"Clisymus," and, taking the hint, we sent the preparations merrily
forward.
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