And never told about it.

It was sad to the dancers, so sad; but the traces

Of unbidden tears disappeared from their faces;

For as Dolor concluded the hound came a prowling

Right under the window and set up a howling,

Which made the sad singer forget his great trouble

And join in the laughter that bent them all double.

“It seems”, said the witling, “that hounds have reverses

And sing like some others their doggerel verses.”

Then Malindy went pouting again, and the wit