’Tis very sure they shall not walk in mine.
—That of course is sacrilege, and I haven’t the heart to add anything serious to it.
Here’s a nice thing said recently by an old French general, retired, in charge of the Invalides Hospital. “Heroes—yes; a hero can be an affair of a quarter of an hour, but it takes a life-time to make an honest man.”
Morpheus calls.
R. H.
XCIII
Nicholas Devose to Verena Raby
My Dearest Serena,—I rejoiced to have your letter. I was afraid that you might not be well enough to write; I was afraid that you might not wish to write. I am on my way back and you shall know when I reach London. I will do as you say: you would be wiser than I.
N.