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"Da her pallid lips, "O Daland, d'ye hear, beloved, d'ye hear? Well, they shall call in vain--they shall sail without us Love hath found us and here with Love e abide Wake, beloved, wake and tell , and despite all ht water and bathed her face and throat and wrists, yet all to no purpose, so that fear grew to agony How if she die thus? (thinks I) Why then I can die likewise But again, how if she wake, and finding the ship gone, despise aoler? For a long while I crouched there, ht shelter me nevermore And yet to part with her that was becoony of indecision, was sudden tu upon the door and the sound of fierce voices: "Coue--open!"

But still I knelt there heeding only the hurry of hts: "How if the ship sail without us? How if she wake and know ht I endure loneliness? How part with her that was becoht not hate me--"

"Open, murderer, open!" roared the voices

"A murderer! How if she believe this? Better loneliness and death than to read horror of me in her every look!"

And now beyond the door was silence, and then I heard Ada me: "Oho, shipmate--unbar! Tide's on the turn and we must aboard And trust me, Martin, for your comrade as will see justice done ye So come, Martin, you and my lady and let's aboard!"

"Aye, aye, Ada heart So cheerily it is, Ada her against my heart, I kissed her hair, her closed eyes, her pale, unresponsive lips, and bearing her to the door, contrived to open it and stepped forth of the cave And here I found Adaentle Adam's weapon, did no ibbets and the like