And you shall wake when day’s begun!”
“Rest in the Blue Room as you may;
I’ll light you on your lonely way.”
The lantern like a secret fear,
Whispered and guttered at his ear.
The shadows mouthed at him to stay,
He staggered upward on his way.
Below, the house grew black and still,
As listening stood Habberton.
The moonlight’s daggers stabbed the sill.