And ever after so discomforted,

The luncheon-bell invited forth the guest—

To be partakers of the mid-day feast:

Such food and drinkables meet for the hour

Were attributes most welcome, since the tour

Occasion’d such exertion to obtain

The much desired shelter from the rain:

Thus then refresh’d, retiring to her room

Jane penn’d her first epistle to th’ old home;

(Ah me! how sweet “th’ old home” falls on the ear