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“bedding out, which employment they followed with
the greater assiduity from the fact that they were
overlooked by a lady and gentleman to whom ap-
parently the place belonged. : The lady sat in a large
bath-chair, the head of which had been drawn forward
so as to shield her from the sun, whilst she could thus
sit comfortably enough with her face to the gardeners
and superintend their work without being exposed to
the heat and glare of the summer’s day.

Upon her head she wore a straw hat, about which
there was nothing remarkable, and her dress was of
exactly ene and the same colour all over, which colour
was, like the coverings of the chairs, rose-colour, and
seemed to Harry rather smart to wear in the garden
in the middle of the day. Her companion, however,
was none other than the little old gentleman whom
Harry had seen in the wood, and his dress was pre-
cisely similar to that which he had worn upon his first
appearance. Brown from head to foot was he, and
had his ‘wideawake’ of the same colour upon his
head. He was giving directions to the gardeners as
they went on with their work, and appeared to take
a lively interest in their proceedings.

On looking more closely at the men who were
working, Harry could not but be astonished at what
he saw. Their bodies, arms, and legs appeared to be
in every respect similar to those of ordinary mortals,
but instead of heads, he could see nothing upon the
shoulders of each of them but something closely re-
sembling a pudding. Yes; it certainly was so; the
- man nearest him had a most undoubted plum-pud-
ding instead of a head, and the next to him had