The maiden turned against him, however--young girls will have their fancies--and the matter came to an end.

Yet here he dwells under the same roof-tree, at her elbow from morn to night, with never a sign of that passion which can scarce have died out so soon.

Twice my wool warehouse hath been nigh burned to the ground since then, and twice he hath headed those who fought the flames.

There are not many whose suit hath been rejected who would bear themselves in so resigned and patient a fashion.' 'I am prepared to find that your judgment is the correct one,' said Sir Gervas Jerome.

'I have learned to distrust too hasty dislikes, and bear in mind that couplet of John Dryden-- "Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow.
He who would search for pearls must dive below."' 'Or worthy Dr.Samuel Butler,' said Saxon, 'who, in his immortal poem of "Hudibras," says-- "The fool can only see the skin: The wise man tries to peep within."' 'I wonder, Colonel Saxon,' said our host severely, 'that you should speak favourably of that licentious poem, which is composed, as I have heard, for the sole purpose of casting ridicule upon the godly.