And table d’hôte less tedious than before;

His ancient silence sometimes he would break,

And the mute Englishman was heard to speak.

His youthful colour soon, his youthful air

Came back; amongst the crowd of idlers there,

With whom good looks entitle to good name,

For his good looks he gained a sort of fame,

People would watch him as he went and came.

Explain the tragic mystery who can,

Something there is, we know not what, in man,