io6 IN THE GREEN LEAF 



been woven in with those of mankind, and 

 our domestic life for ages. If some of those 

 old manuscripts could be seen which were 

 written and illuminated long ago, no doubt 

 in many of those beautiful initial letters Robin 

 might be seen at his kindly task of covering 

 up some babe, a grave monk or a gentle 

 sister looking on the while, as the little bird 

 performs his deed of charity 



