I then forgot him:—there I stood and gazed:
The apparition faded not away,
And I descended.[CR]
"Having reached the house,
I found its rescued inmate safely lodged,
And in serene possession of himself,
Beside a fire whose genial warmth seemed met
By a faint shining from the heart, a gleam
Of comfort, spread over his pallid face.[210]
Great show of joy the housewife made, and truly