THE SWARiW 



them, can divide the glittering curtain 

 they fomi as they fly round and round 

 in songful circles : he can take them 

 up in his hand, and gather them as he 

 would a hunch of grapes : for to-da} , 

 in their gladness, possessing nothing, but 

 full of faith in the future, the> \^ill sub- 

 mit to everything and injure no one, 

 provided only they be not separated 

 from the queen who bears that future 

 within her. 





But the veritable signal has not yet 

 been given. In the hive there is inde- 

 scribable confuaon; and a disorder whose 

 meaning escapes us. At ordinary- times 

 each bee, once returned to her home. 



