" "Fighting!" said Trove, much interested.

It was to him a marvellous treasure trove.

For soul touched soul; the spiritual treasure-trove Made all men equal, none could rise above, Nor sink below, that level of God's love.

In the sense of selecting from among a number of embryonic themes stored in his mind, the playwright has often to make a deliberate choice; but when, moved by a purely abstract impulse, he goes out of set purpose to look for a theme, it may be doubted whether he is likely to return with any very valuable treasure-trove.