At last I felt I should die if I did not see him; so I plucked up courage and wrote that I must come to him.

He did not forbid me, so I left our country home.

Oh, sir! I cannot make you know how my heart burned to be by his side.

I counted the hours of the journey; I counted the miles.
At last I reached his house; I found a gay company there.

I was a little sorry, but I said: 'His friends shall be welcome, right welcome.