"Presents," I often say, "endear Absents."

" "Time flies so fast," said the canon, as though impelled to defend the absent.

It is true that the silver spoons dwindled in number and that a stray candlestick or salt-cellar would now and again 'report absent'; that the tradesmen's bills were preposterous and that the tea consumed in a week would have impaired the digestion of a Lodge of Good Templars.

Yet doubtless, 'tis the absent are oftenest forgot, Till those who loved when they were near in absence love them not.

I see thee with thy brothers plunged in misfortune!'" SECTION XIV "Yudhishthira said, 'O Krishna, why wert thou absent (from the Anartta country)?

But the pestilence has swept by, and restored salubrity invites the absent to their homes and the return of business to its ordinary channels.

Rogues in authority combine to condemn an absent and a silent man.