On two chairs beneath the bole of the tree and canopied by a living bough there sat, side by side, Donald and Melania. Very tall they were, and the Lady no less tall than the President; and they were grave and beautiful. They were clad wholly in white; and the hair of the President was of deep gold, and the hair of the Lady Melania was of hazel long and bright; but no sign of age was upon them, unless it were in the depths of their eyes; for these were keen as lances in the starlight, and yet profound, the wells of deep memory.