Most
people considered him quite dull and negligible, but he possessed the
supreme virtue in William's eyes of not objecting to William. William
had suffered much from unsympathetic neighbours who had taken upon
themselves to object to such innocent and artistic objects as
catapults and pea-shooters, and cricket balls. William had a very soft
spot in his heart for Mr. Gregorius Lambkin. William spent a good deal
of his time in Mr. Lambkin's garden during his absence, and Mr.
Lambkin seemed to have no objection. Other people's gardens always
seemed to William to be more attractive than his own--especially when
he had no right of entry into them.
There was quite an excitement in the neighbourhood when the empty
house was let. It was rumoured that the newcomer was a Personage. She
was the President of the Society of Ancient Souls. The Society of
Ancient Souls was a society of people who remembered their previous
existence. The memory usually came in a flash. For instance, you might
remember in a flash when you were looking at a box of matches that you
had been Guy Fawkes. Or you might look at a cow and remember in a
flash that you had been Nebuchadnezzar. Then you joined the Society of
Ancient Souls, and paid a large subscription, and attended meetings
at the house of its President in costume. And the President was coming
to live next door to William. By a curious coincidence her name was
Gregoria--Miss Gregoria Mush.
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