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It was a midsummer night. The alder-tree sent forth its perfume. The / moonlight lay in silver veils upon the earth. There was great rejoicing / in the village. Tar-barrels were lighted, and the farm-servants and / maids were dancing on the green. The flames sent their glare far over / the heath, and the shrill sounds of the fiddle came sadly through the / night.
Paul stood at the garden fence and looked out into the distance. The / servants had gone to the midsummer-night's fire, and his sisters had not / come home yet, either.