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 And in the hollow thereof was found the nest of a magpie, Into whose clay-built walls the necklace of pearls was inwoven.” Silenced, but not convinced, when the story was ended, the blacksmith Stood like a man who fain would speak, but findeth no language; And all his thoughts congealed into lines on his face, as the vapors Freeze in fantastic shapes on the window-panes in the winter.

Then Evangeline lighted the brazen lamp on the table, Filled, till it overflowed, the pewter tankard with home-brewed Nut-brown ale, that was famed for its strength in the village of Grand-Pré;