There’s but one clue to this strange mystery:
She has the Talisman! By what strange means
It found its way into her spotless hands
I’ve yet to learn!
Mousta has entered during this speech.
Mous.Let me assist you, sir,
I stole it from your pillow as you slept,
And used it for my ends. I took your place
Beside the fountain, and I woo’d her there.
And there she pledged herself to be my wife—