Chapter 11 A HAPPY TRUCE.

"Well, honor is the subject of my story;

I cannot tell what you and other men

Think of this life; but for my single self,

I had as lief not be, as live to be

In awe of such a thing as I myself."

"Two truths are told

As happy prologues to the swelling act,

Of the imperial theme."

"This is the eve of Christmas,

No sleep fro