COLLOQUY XL 

 Merry May. Denventwater* Borroicdale. 



PISCATOR. 



AM glad I have been able to 

 persuade you to protract your stay 

 here. Now we are entering the 

 merry month of May, we may hope 

 for milder days than those we have had since 

 our return from Keswick. And as the snow is 

 beginning to disappear on Fairfield, I think we 

 may venture to-morrow to proceed on the 

 excursion we have been contemplating. 



AMICUS. I am always happy to be under 

 your guidance. The weather we have had 

 lately is characteristic of our climate, and of 

 the season a season where, according to the 

 direction of the wind, winter and spring seem 

 as it were struggling for the mastery. What a 

 contrast between the meadows, every day 



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