Down yonder?” But his host cried sharply, “No.

Leave me alone. Why will you plague me? Go!

Out of my house! Begone.”—“With all my heart,”

Said Dymer. “But one word before we part.”

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He paused, and in his cheek the anger burned:

Then turning to the table, he poured out

More water. But before he drank he turned—

Then leaped back to the window with a shout

For there—it was no dream—beyond all doubt