Always upon another secret midnight;

And witnessed every noon how the gold woman,

Smiling her light smile, seemed not to know

Of Dora; was no witch at all; was no one.

III

Meanwhile a little mountain house was murmurous

With his own name—evil, could he but hear it.

Darius had discovered his sweet daughter’s

Swelling, and had pressed her for the cause;

And yesterday, in terror, Dora yielded.