Seeking for sign or trail, but naught they found:
The murderer left behind no clue or trace
More than a vampire’s flight through darkling space.
The Raven with a stoic calmness heard
Of Gray Cloud’s death, nor showed by look or word
The wrath that to its depth his being stirred.
Winona heard the news with false surprise,
As if just roused from sleep she rubbed her eyes;
When she arose her knees like aspens shook,
But this she quelled and forced a tranquil look