He kept that safe and bade all doubt adieu.

I too have seen a lady and hold a grace."

I know not how the night passed: morning broke,

Presently came my servant. "Sir, this eve—

Do you forget?" I started. "How forget?

What is it you know?" "With due submission, Sir,

This being last Monday in the month but one,

And a vigil, since to-morrow is Saint George,

And feast-day, and moreover day for copes,

And Canon Conti now away a month,