“I have never had a chance of hearing the Lorelei,” answered Philomène, “for no one has ever taken me to the Rhine, and I have not heard any mermaids either, though the Cushats is near the sea.”
“Well, perhaps it was not quite a fair question,” said Sweet William, “but never mind, you have done very well so far, and you can well afford to lose five marks at this stage. Let us see what you have made of number six.
“‘VI. Complete the following quotations, and state if possible, in what work of which author each occurs.
(A) All under the sun belongs to men;
(B) Where the bee sucks, there lurk I.
(A) And all under the moon to the fairies.
From Mrs Ewing’s “Amelia and the Dwarfs.”
(B) In a cowslip’s bell I lie;
There I couch when owls do cry.
On the bat’s back I do fly