Dan John was risen in the morn also, And in the garden walked to and fro, And had his thingës said full courteously. The good wife came walking full privily Into the garden, where he walked soft, And him saluted, as she had done oft; A maiden child came in her companý, Which as her list she might govérn and gie, 3709 For yet under the yardë 3710 was the maid. “O dearë cousin mine, Dan John,” she said, “What aileth you so rath 3711 for to arise?” “Niecë,” quoth he, “it ought enough suffice Five hourës for to sleep upon a night; But 3712 it were for an old appalled 3713 wight, As be these wedded men, that lie and dare,