"Thus a great joy mingled with my fear, until something in me cried out with a great longing for something that was not in me, and something that I had not, seemed to come to me until my wand twirled faster, as if other hands were on it, and my lips, as I cried out that I was faithful, felt the touch of other lips upon them.
"So through the Darkness that hid the Stars while the hot wind howled about me and flung hot earth grains in my face, I shouted to the Stars to come down to me."
The very fire had gone now, and I strained my eyes into the shadows, seeing nothing but endless curves as of smoke.
"And lo! One came!
"Just where the wand whirled by my hot hasty hands touched the steady stake of wood I saw a tiny star.
"But, as I saw it, something came to me also, making me forget the Star!
"It was Io!
"She had left her cherished one; with her breasts full of milk, she had left the little drinker athirst; she had followed my footsteps through the darkness to find me and lay her hand in mine.
"Io! Io! Bringer of Dreams! Io! Io! Disturber of Dreams, thou didst come!
"And the touch of our hands and our lips together made us forget the starshine which had come with it.