one, Francesca is reduced to the second place, and Salemina to the
third, but it makes no difference whatever, either in our relations,
our arrangements, or, for that matter, in our expenditures.



Chapter IV. Enter Benella Dusenberry.

'A fair maiden wander'd
All wearied and lone,
Sighing, "I'm a poor stranger,
And far from my own."
We invited her in,
We offered her share
Of our humble cottage
And our humble fare;
We bade her take comfort,
No longer to moan,
And made the poor stranger
Be one of our own.'
Old Irish Song.

The next morning dawned as lovely as if it had slipped out of
Paradise, and as for freshness, and emerald sheen, the world from
our windows was like a lettuce leaf just washed in dew. The windows
of my bedroom looked out pleasantly on St. Stephen's Green, commonly
called Stephen's Green, or by citizens of the baser sort, Stephens's
Green. It is a good English mile in circumference, and many are the
changes in it from the time it was first laid out, in 1670, to the
present day, when it was made into a public park by Lord Ardilaun.