Were he alone, might come and do him harm;
But his gaze rested on his friendly guide—
“I’m safe,” he thought, “so long as you abide.”
In one large room was found a bed of state—
“And can they soundly sleep beneath such weight,
Where they may figures in the night explore,
Form’d by the dim light dancing on the floor 320
From the far window; mirrors broad and high
Doubling each terror to the anxious eye?—
’Tis strange,” thought Peter, “that such things produce