HARBINGERS OF SUMMER 



to me that he was nycteis without ques- 

 tion, for there on his hind wing was dis- 

 tinctly the mark of the silver crescent. 

 Butterflies should have been popular when 

 knighthood was in flower, for each carries 

 the heraldic blazon of his house where all 

 may see. 



Soon I found my seat on the rock dis- 

 puted by a pair of dusky-wings. I had 

 found the earlier dusky-wings of the 

 woodland paths skittish and unwilling to 

 let me get to close quarters with them. 

 This may have been because I made the 

 advances. I had been seated but a mo- 

 ment when this pair that had dashed 

 madly away at my approach dashed as 

 madly back and very nearly lighted on me, 

 then they dashed away again. 



Soon, however, they came back in more 

 friendly fashion and settled down within 

 reach of my hand, where I could observe 

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