Chapter 13 A Traveller's Tales

The mermaid sat upon the rocks All day long,

Admiring her beauty and combing her locks

And singing a mermaid song.

And hear the mermaid's song you may,

As sure as sure can be,

If you will but follow the sun all day,

And souse with him into the sea.

W. S. LANDOR.

It was perhaps four or five days after the events mentioned in