“The long brook falling thro’ the clov’n ravine
In cataract after cataract to the sea.”

Go on with it, Frank.’

‘I cannot.’

‘But you know Œnone?’

‘I cannot say I do. I began it—’

‘Frank, how could you begin it and lay it down unfinished? Besides, those lines are some of the first; you must remember—

“Behind the valley topmost Gargarus
Stands up and takes the morning.”’

‘No, I do not recollect, but I will learn them; learn them for your sake.’

‘I do not want you to learn them for my sake.’

‘But I shall.’