The Mystery of Choice

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:
BY ROBERT W. CHAMBERS
AUTHOR OF THE KING IN YELLOW, THE RED REPUBLIC, A KING AND A FEW DUKES, THE MAKER OF MOONS, ETC.
NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1897
Copyright, 1897, By ROBERT W. CHAMBERS.
There is a maid, demure as she is wise,
With all of April in her winsome eyes,
And to my tales she listens pensively,
With slender fingers clasped about her knee,
Watching the sparrows on the balcony.
Shy eyes that, lifted up to me,
Free all my heart of vanity;