They stood on a knoll near the old farmstead, that extraordinary and pathetic survival of a vanished agriculture.
Three fine tall trees growing close, almost twined stem within stem, lifted a thick canopy of shade above a green knoll, crowned with a seat—a seat which might have held several, yet it seemed abandoned to one, the remaining members of the fortunate party in possession of this site standing dutifully round; yet, amongst this reverend circle was a lady, holding by the hand a little girl.
His story done, he approached the little knoll where I and Ginevra sat apart.
" Hand in hand we wandered through that enchanted place, seeking the folk of elf-land, "and heard their mystic voices calling, from fairy knoll and haunted hill.
Only seven of the party were sitting on the knoll now, for the rest had gone to wash the dishes and pack the baskets down by the boats.
" Silver had terrible hard work getting up the knoll.
The slopes of the knoll and all the inside of the stockade had been cleared of timber to build the house, and we could see by the stumps what a fine and lofty grove had been destroyed.
This was how it was: a spring of clear water rose almost at the top of a knoll.
Knoll, also of Harvard and on the study team.
