Great hearts, Aldona, are like hives too large;

Honey can fill them not, and they become

The lizard’s nest. Forgive me, dear Aldona!

To-day I would remain at home, to-day

Forget all things; be we for each to-day

What once we used to be. To-morrow——” But

He could not finish. What joy then Aldona’s!

She thought, unhappy, Walter would be changed,

That he would live in peace and joyousness.

Less thoughtful did she see him, in his eyes