190 AN ANGLER AT LARGE 



Welsh when they applaud noble sentiments com- 

 bined with skilful versification. And while this 

 was happening a body of two hundred young 

 women, all wearing straw hats with red ribbons, 

 arrived in several chars-a-bancs at the Stones, and 

 coming into the circle stood at first astounded, 

 and thereafter very properly formed audience for 

 the children's play, and were silent while the Gor- 

 sedd proceeded. And after the Druid Derwen, 

 the Druidess Caerwys, aged twelve and she stood 

 on yet another Stone in turn gave forth her Ode, 

 also addressed to the Stones, and we cried "Clywch! 

 Clywch ! " as became those who listened to valiant 

 poetry. And during this ode certain soldiers with 

 red crosses on their arms added themselves to our 

 number, and the policeman came, he who guards 

 the place from Americans who want to take it 

 away, and two or three cyclists. And they were 

 all amazed at the utterances of the Druidess 

 Caerwys, and looked from the one to the other as 

 much as to say, " What the devil is all this here ? " 

 But no notice was taken of them because we were 

 engaged on a very serious business, and they were 

 gross Lloegrwys, and unworthy to comprehend 

 these mysteries. 



So the Druidess Caerwys ceased and stood down, 

 and all these chance witnesses of our Bardic doings 

 imagined that the game of the odd children was 



