And seemed from his expression to detect
Some most familiar tongue or dialect.
When reason, with a penetrating gleam,
Burst through the canopy of mental gloom,
As one awakening from a hideous dream,
He started up and stared about the room,
Until he chanced to catch the kindly eyes
Of Russian Pete, which kindled with surprise.
A look of mutual recognition passed
Between the men, so strangely joined at last.