—‘Nay, go then quick, a mason call.’

Him bade he straightway pierce the wall.

—‘But shall we in this wise invade

A neighbour’s house?’—No heed he paid,

And I stood dumb, and wondering

Whereto he would the issue bring.

Anon he through the opening past,

He and his sons, and I the last;

When suddenly myself I found

In ample space of garden ground,