Chapter 14 LILIAN'S HOUSEKEEPING

'Thou wert working late, thou busy, busy bee!

After the fall of the cistus flower,

When the primrose-tree blossom was ready to burst,

I heard thee last, as I saw thee first;

In the silence of the evening hour

I heard thee, thou busy, busy bee.'

Aunt Helen was married in September, with the Rector to read the service, and Father to