ii2 A GARDEN DIARY 



some perfectly decorous stranger's face seemed 

 to be the most usual, the most natural behaviour. 

 Safe ! Safe ! It was a chime, one which needed 

 no joy bells to make it sound louder. Surely for 

 us at least it was worth the strain, worth the 

 long suspense, the almost hopeless anxiety for 

 this ? And Ladysmith ? and Mafeking ? The 

 turn has come ; the tide has changed ! We shall 

 shortly hear the same news of them. We 

 shall be rejoicing over both of them to-morrow ! 



