Which Neoma, still smiling, as patiently bore;
She sympathized with him. There often is found
A sweet-tempered girl who will care for the wound
Of a lover who loses, and teach him a sanity new,
And sometimes restore his old vanity, too.
Now Malindy had genius; she too had a smile
For all the sweet bachelor said, and the while,
She hadn’t neglected to listen as well
To every old yarn that the witling could tell,
And at the right moment she turned a side glance,