When nesting-time is on,

Don't go to follow strangers,

Nut-brown nor white as swan;

Beware of 'em, be wise of 'em,

For sooth it is that's said:

When stars get in the eyes of 'em

The moon gets in your head.


THE FUSER.

In a moment of expansion, Sheila Armitage confided in me that she has worked it out, and that we are third cousins twice removed. I accept her word for this, because I have to work at other things, getting a living and so forth, while her sole occupation is to acquire a flair as a hostess, week-ends being her speciality.