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Wisteria and Rayburns

Wisteria and Rayburns

Details from the beginning of The Scent of Water by Elizabeth Goudge

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The Jesus College wisteria. Photo by Spiralling Oxford
The Jesus College wisteria. Photo by Spiralling Oxford

“The door had dropped yet more on its hinges and it screeched wildly upon the paved oath beyond when she pushed it… But the curtains of wistaria were the same, and beyond them was the garden, green and wild…”

🌿Elizabeth Goudge, The Scent of Water, ch 2

This week we watch Mary’s welcome into her new ho…

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