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"And you may lead a thousand men, / Nor ever draw the rein, / But ere ye lead the Faery Queen / 'Twill burst your heart in twain. " / He has slipped his foot from the stirrup-bar, / The bridle from his hand, / And he is bound by hand and foot / To the Queen o' Faery-land. / _Sir Hoggie and the Fairies_.
Some weeks later, on a very foggy Sunday, Dick was returning across the Park to his studio. "This," he said, "is evidently the thrashing that Torp meant. It hurts more than I expected; but the Queen can do no wrong; and she certainly has some notion of drawing."