CHAPTER XIV. 



*' We still have slept together, 



Rose at an instant, iearn'd, play'd, eat together; 

 And wheresoe'er we went, like Juno's swans, 

 Still we went coupled, and inseparable." 



It was late in August, and the weather so 

 sultry, that we scarcely knew how to bear with 

 the intense heat. Some did nothing but lap 

 the water, always running in a clear fine 

 stream, from the fountain in the court, and 

 assuaged their thirst by continual sipping. 

 Others drank deeply, but seldom; and all, 

 more or less, evinced the feverish suffering 

 they endured. 



I was lying in a shady corner of the court 

 one day about noontide, when I happened to 

 notice a hound of the name of Gameboy go 

 two or three times towards the fountain, and 

 then turn from it with a slight shudder. 



