THE BULLFINCH OR BLOOD-ULF 121 



faddist, she must be ruled, though not with too obtrusive a 

 despotism. 



In Norfolk he is rare, and rarely to be seen. For is 

 he not the dignified retainer of the lordly house, the bright 

 minstrel of the comely garden, and not the denizen of wild 

 wastes and morasses; and as such I love him, and he is 

 welcome to all the cherry-buds and fruit he can eat in my 

 garden, even unto the muscats, which delight his soul and 

 brighten his eye and sweeten his voice; dear lover of the 

 sun-speckled plantations and garnished evergreens. He is 

 the emblem of dignity, and we incongruously call him 

 " Bullfinch ! " 



