"It is not so.

It is not you.

It is not the canoe.

It is--ah! I have it now! It is your promise.

One day, do you not remember, at Madame Schoville's, we talked of the canoe, and of my ignorance, which was sad, and you promised, you said--" "I would give you your first lesson ?" "And is it not delightful?
Listen! Do you not hear?
The rippling--ah! the rippling!--deep down at the heart of things! Soon will the water run free.