Back, you, to house and cousin! Leave me here,

Who want no entertainment, carry still

My occupation with me. While I watch

The shadow inching round those ferny feet,

Tell him 'A school-friend wants a word with me

Up at the inn: time, tide, and train won't wait:

I must go see her—on and off again—

You 'll keep me company?' Ten minutes' talk,

With you in presence, ten more afterward

With who, alone, convoys me station-bound,