over the crystal pool, and his image is reflected there.

You remember in New England they allude to a bride as 'she that was'
a so-and-so. In my private interviews with Salemina I now
habitually allude to Francesca as 'she that was a Monroe'; it is so
significant of her present state of absorption. Several times this
week I have been obliged to inquire, "Was I, by any chance, as
absent-minded and dull in Pettybaw as Francesca is under the same
circumstances in Dublin?"

"Quite."

"Duller if anything."

These candid replies being uttered in cheerful unison I change the
subject, but cannot resist telling them both casually that the
building of the Royal Dublin Society is in Kildare Street, just
three minutes' from O'Carolan's, and that I have noticed it is for
the promotion of Husbandry and other useful arts and sciences.



Chapter II. Irish itineraries.

'And I will make my journey, if life and health but stand,
Unto that pleasant country, that fresh and fragrant strand,
And leave your boasted braveries, your wealth and high command,
For the fair hills of holy Ireland.'

--Sir Samuel Ferguson.