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ON THE WALL TOP.
So high - so high on the wall we run, 
The nearer the sky - why, the nearer the sun,
If you give me one penny, I'll give you two,
For that's the way good neighbors do.

From Kate Greenaway's Marigold Garden

Dearest Lorser and Helen -

Your lovely sweet smelling Christmas gift is here and is delighting my senses. You won't be surprised (but will you ever forgive me once again?) for not having caught up with Christmas in time to get your remembrance off to you in time. I've really has some reasons this time besides my own lack of time sense - illness and major operation for Margo Barr, Alfred's wife (he is far gone but living