Chapter 17 MIDSUMMER SUN.

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'For Ph?bus' awful self encountered him

Amid the battle throng invisible,

In thickest darkness shrouded all his face;

He stood behind, and with extended palm

Dealt on Patroclus' neck and shoulder broad

A mighty buffet.'

Iliad, Book xvi. (Earl of Derby.)

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Warmer weather came at last, and brought Mr. Froggatt bac