L.C.C. loquitur:—
Bless me! Things combine so a hero to humble!
I fancied that Bull-headed Minotaur—BUMBLE,
Would fall to my hand like Pasiphae's monster
To Theseus. But oh! every step that I on stir
Bemuddles me more. I did think myself clever,
But fear from the Centre I'm farther than ever,
Oh, this is a Labyrinth! Worse than the Cretan!
Yet shall the new Theseus admit himself beaten?
Forbid it, great Progress! Your votary I, Ma'am,