“And in at the windows, and in at the door,
And through the walls helter-skelter they pour;
And down from the ceiling, and up through the floor,
From the right, and the left, from behind and before—”
But they paused, and I escaped the Bishop’s doom.
Good-night, children; good-night, and good-bye.
FOOTNOTES:
[52] This was written in 1907.
[53] This is not a lady’s name, but a synonym for the Isle of Man (Mannin).
[54] Not wishing to be biographical, I omitted to mention that I kept on my house at Chester while in charge of Manchester.
[55] “That, which no god dared promise to thy prayer, The wheel of time brings of its own accord.”
THE END