SIXTH DAY. 



179 



S. I do, and therefore I do not press 

 you to stay longer, holding to the maxim, 



Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest, 



though I hope soon to see you again. We 

 can return by a much shorter way across 

 these meadows. [They quit the Church.] 

 Remember, when you have leisure, to pay 

 your friend, the old Angler, another visit, 

 and in the interval make yourself acquainted 

 with that primitive tongue on which our 

 modern English is based. 



J. You may rest assured of my doing 

 so, and of my coming again the very first 

 week in which I can slip my neck from the 

 collar. 



S. Do so when you can, and you will 

 find a hearty welcome. May we meet at 

 this season many years yet to come ! I 

 watch you at your sport, and hope at every 

 cast, when my strength fails and my sight 

 grows dim ; and if at length I should be 



