"O Ket Samaris—Samaris! O Ket Samaris—Nehes!"

And again: "Samaris! Samaris! O beloved, awake!"

And once more: "Nehes! O Samaris!"

Silence, broken by a strange, sweet, drowsy plaint—like a child awakened at midnight by a dazzling light.

"Samaris!"

Then, through the stillness, a little laugh, and a softly tremulous voice:

"Ari un āhā, O Entuk sen!"


CHAPTER XXI