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I know.
Ho! Ho!
Criospa. All this I did for thee?
Rupua. Ha! Ha!
What didst thou do?
Ha! Ha!
Ha! Ha!
Crrospa. What did Inotdo? All!
RupuHa. Tell ! Tell !
"Tis a spell.
Criospa. I will tell all. O sea, swallow me up
With the last word !
RupHA. It obeys?
No! No!
Ho! Ho!
Criospa. Thou sinister one! Thy rite I duly did
That drugged (and dancing with delight thereof
The maiden’s mind) the maiden’s body prone
Lay on her altar. Then she gave consent,
And I smote once.
RupHa. Ha! Ha!
What came then?
Criospa. I tore out her heart,
And held its flame aloft. The blackening blood
Gushed on my arms—and then—
RupHA. Ho! Ho!
Criospa. With red lips reeking from the sweet foul
feast,
I sang in tuneless agony the spell ;
Rolled athwart space the black words: then some force