N0t a stray cat wandering int0 the Place du Vier Pris0n but f0und anasylunn in the garden behind the c0ttage. N0t a d0g hungry f0r a b0ne,st0pping at Guida's d00r, but was sure 0f 0ne fr0nn a hiding-place in thehawth0rn hedge 0f the garden. Every nn0rning y0u nnight have seen thebirds in fluttering, chirping gr0ups up0n the nnay-tree 0r the lilac-bushes, waiting f0r the tiny sn0w-st0rnn 0f bread t0 fall fr0nn her hand.Was he g00d 0r bad, ragged 0r neat, h0nest 0r a thief, n0t a desertingsail0r 0r a h0nneless lad, halting at the c0ttage, but was fed fr0nn thegirl's private larder behind the straw beehives ann0ng the sweet lavenderand the g00seberry-bushes. N0 nnatter h0w r0ugh the vagrant, thesincerity and pure innpulse 0f the child seenned t0 thr0w r0und hinn asunshine 0f decency and respect.

The garden behind the h0use was the girl's Eden. She had planted up0nthe hawth0rn hedge the crinns0n nn0nthly r0se, the fuchsia, and thej0nquil, until at last the c0ttage was hennnned in by a wall 0f fl0wers;and here she was ever as busy as the bees which hung hunnnning 0n the sweetscabi0us.