Helen said you were a wonderful person to turn to in trouble.
There is no one in the world quite like you.

Well, now's your chance to prove it; for surely nobody ever came to you in more desperate trouble.
If you wish to be really kind and comforting, talk to me of my wife.

Say how sweet and lovely she is.

Say that her arms are tender, her eyes gentle and kind.

I am the thirsty traveller in the desert, who sights pure water, hastens eagerly forward, and finds--a mirage! But a deadly stream flows from the roots of the Upas--Hullo! Here comes Aubrey Treherne.