More life; she saw new colour in his cheeks;

And all that evening at Aldona’s feet

Spent Walter. Litwa, Teutons, and the war

He cast awhile into forgetfulness;

Talked of those happy times when first he came

To Litwa, his first converse with Aldona,

The first walk to the valley, and of all

Those childish things, but memorable to the heart,

Of that first love. Wherefore such sweet discourse

Must he break off with that sad word—to-morrow,