Where the birds sing melodiously.

I pass the greater part of the long vacation here.

In contemplation.

You find the long vacation exceedingly long, don't you ?" We said yes, as she seemed to expect us to say so.
"When the leaves are falling from the trees and there are no more flowers in bloom to make up into nosegays for the Lord Chancellor's court," said the old lady, "the vacation is fulfilled and the sixth seal, mentioned in the Revelations, again prevails.

Pray come and see my lodging.