A shade—although, perchance, a seat.”

“O then, my lassie, lead the way

To Comfort’s Home, the ancient inn:

That something holds, if we can pay— 190

Old David is our living kin;

A servant once, he still preserves

His name, and in his office serves.”

“Alas! that mine should be the fate

Old David’s sorrows to relate!

But they were brief; not long before