A month ago: at Vire they tried the case.

II

Monsieur Léonce Miranda, then, ... but stay!

Permit me a preliminary word,

And, after, all shall go so straight to end!

Have you, the travelled lady, found yourself

Inside a ruin, fane or bath or cirque,

Renowned in story, dear through youthful dream?

If not,—imagination serves as well.

Try fancy-land, go back a thousand years,