This is as near to being inside as she may venture, because, if she were to let go her hold of the railings for one moment, the balloons would lift her up, and she would be flown away. There are more gates to the Gardens than one gate, but that is the one you go in at, and before you go in you speak to the lady with the balloons, who sits just outside. She then crosses with you in safety to the other side. The Gardens are bounded on one side by a never-ending line of omnibuses, over which your nurse has such authority that if she holds up her finger to any one of them it stops immediately. You sleep from twelve to one, you could most likely see the whole of them. The reason it is soon time to turn back is that, if you are as small as David, you sleep from twelve to one. No child has ever been in the whole of the Gardens, because it is so soon time to turn back. They are in London, where the King lives, and I used to take David there nearly every day unless he was looking decidedly flushed. You must see for yourselves that it will be difficult to follow Peter Pan’s adventures unless you are familiar with the Kensington Gardens.
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