As baleful, springe to snap whate'er the cost."

And when the couple were in safety once

At Clairvaux, motherly, considerate,

She shrank not from advice. "Since safe you be,

Safely abide! for winter, I know well,

Is troublesome in a cold country-house.

I recommend the south room that we styled,

Your sire and I, the winter-chamber."

Chance

Or purpose,—who can read the mystery?—