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Walter John de la Mare
Best Stories of Walter de la Mare
Published by Good Press, 2021
EAN 4066338034083
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AUTHOR'S NOTE
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The stories contained in this volume have been selected from four collections entitled The Riddle, The Connoisseur, On the Edge, and The Wind Blows Over. Their arrangement is not in order of date of publication. Needless to say, the 'best' in the title of this volume merely implies a personal preference. No tale from the collections entitled Broomsticks, Told Again, and The Lord Fish, which are intended for children, has been included.
W. de la M.
1941
THE ALMOND TREE
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My old friend, 'the Count' as we used to call him, made very strange acquaintances at times. Let but a man have plausibility, a point of view, a crotchet, an enthusiasm, he would find in him an eager and exhilarating listener. And though he was often deceived and disappointed in his finds, the Count had a heart proof against lasting disillusionment. I confess, however, that these planetary cronies of his were rather disconcerting at times. And I own that meeting him one afternoon in the busy High Street, with a companion on his arm even more than usually voluble and odd—I own I crossed the road to avoid meeting the pair.