Somehow!"

"Ay, ay, too much he loves a guest,

Too much, that master mine!" so muttered he.

"Was it improper he should treat me well,

Because an alien corpse was in the way?"

"No alien, but most intimate indeed!"

"Can it be, some woe was, he told me not?"

"Farewell and go thy way! Thy cares for thee—

To us, our master's sorrow is a care."

"This word begins no tale of alien woe!"