He was a violent man,—the sea breeds such!
He cursed Yvonne upon her pallet there,
So pale she was, and dying with the tide!
He cursed the saints, the purple mark, the babe,
And some one else I dare not name—
Lalain
I dare!
Henri-Etienne-Amaury de Vardes,
Late Baron of Morbec!
Séraphine