I don't know why she should have pitched on Dryden.

No one's going to be particularly cheered next week with my quotations.

I've got: "'MONDAY "'When I consider life, 't is all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit, Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay; To-morrow's falser than the former day.' "'TUESDAY "'All human things are subject to decay, And when Fate summons, monarchs must obey.'" "That's dismal, in all conscience!" put in Ulyth.
"'WEDNESDAY "'Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide.' "That sounds quite as dismal, does it not?
I wonder why Scott calls Dryden 'glorious John'?
I think he's rather a dismal poet.

Listen to this: "'In dreams they fearful precipices tread, Or, shipwrecked, labour to some distant shore, Or in dark churches walk amongst the dead: They wake with horror, and dare sleep no more.' Shall I put it down for Thursday ?" "For goodness' sake don't! You'll give us all the creeps," laughed Ulyth.
"Well, it won't be a champion week." "I'll tell you what you might do.

Draw some illustrations round the mottoes.