Chapter 18 No.18

So Mildred, with prophetic ken,

Saw in the long and rainy day

The dreaded host of friendly men

And friendly women, kept away,

And time for love, and book, and pen.

But while she looked, with dreaming eyes

And heart content, upon the scene,

She saw a stalwart man arise

Where the wild water lashed the green,

And pause a bre