"But now let us conjecture that so presentient Auscultator 

 has handed in his Relatio ex Actis ; been invited to a glass of 

 Rhine-wine ; and so, instead of returning dispirited and athirst to 

 his dusty Town-home, is ushered into the Garden-house, where 

 sit the choicest party of dames and cavaliers : if not engaged 

 in ^Esthetic Tea, yet in trustful evening conversation, and 

 perhaps Musical Coffee, for we hear of " harps and pure voices 

 making the stillness live." Scarcely, it would seem, is the 

 Garden-house inferior in respectability to the noble mansion 

 itself." Sartor Resartus. 



T. CARLYLE 



