Of those in office: all the world looked kind,
(As it will look sometimes with the first stare,
Which Youth would not act ill to keep in mind,)
As also did Miss Protasoff[523] then there,[JS]
Named from her mystic office "l'Eprouveuse,"
A term inexplicable to the Muse.
LXXXV.
With her then, as in humble duty bound,
Juan retired,—and so will I, until
My Pegasus shall tire of touching ground.