They
would have us in their hands, and might, if so minded, "turn our
necessity to glorious gain." Then, too, many of the lodging-houses,
excellent as airy summer pavilions, did not promise much comfort in
winter time, to those who remembered how in the spring weeks the curtains
and everything movable within doors
Fluttered in the besieging wind's uproar,
And the long carpets rose along the gusty floor.
Moreover, natives who knew, threatened us with rain all day and every
day, from the beginning of September till the end of October, after which
it would be dry. Others, who also knew, promised us fine weather till
the latter date, and then wet till Christmas. Putting the two assurances
together, one inferred that weather at Borth would be like weather in
general. However, in prospect of winds and wet, the open porch of the
hotel was walled up with planks so as to put another door between the
sou'-wester and the diners in the corridor. Also a long lean-to shed,
like a cloister without windows, was run along two sides of the bowling-
green wall.
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