In these days such a strenuous evasion of publicity is suspicious.
Where does she come from?
Where is she going?
She refuses to answer, she will not even state her business or tell her real name.
For æons (quite a number of æons) this Giddy one has been going round under various male and female aliases such as—Cosmos, Mother Earth, The World, Mrs. Grundy, the Footstool, the Terrestrial Globe.
If you look up her record you will find the following press notices—
“The Earth’s a thief.”
Timon of Athens.
“Earth’s bitter.”
Wordsworth.
“This distracted Globe.”
Hamlet.
“This tough World.”
King Lear.