The Lover's Baedeker and Guide to Arcady

by Carolyn Wells

“’TIS LOVE THAT MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND”

THE OLD CLOCK ON THE STAIRS

“FOREVER ——— NEVER

NEVER ———FOREVER”

Watches are of little use in Arcady, as the Lovers deem them always too slow or too fast, and usually forget to wind them, anyway. The town timepiece is the Old Clock on the Stairs, whose refrain is:

Forever—Never—

Never—Forever—

Forever and Never are the units of time most employed by Arcadians, and their meanings are synonymous.