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everything else Enva's very opposite. I suppose I was myself entranced or dreaming, conscious only of my anxiety for you, so that it seemed natural that everything should concern you. I remember nothing of my dream but the words which, when I came to myself in the peristyle, alone, were as clear in my memory as they are now:—
'Watch the hand and read the eyes;
On his breast the danger lies—
Strength is weak and childhood wise.
On his breast the danger lies—
Strength is weak and childhood wise.
'Fail the bowl, and—'ware the knife!
Rests on him the Sovereign's life,
Rests the husband's on the wife.
Rests on him the Sovereign's life,
Rests the husband's on the wife.
'They that would his power command
Know who holds his heart in hand:
Silken tress is surest band.
Know who holds his heart in hand:
Silken tress is surest band.
'Well they judge Kargynda's mood,
Steel to peril, pain, and blood,
Surely through his mate subdued.
Steel to peril, pain, and blood,
Surely through his mate subdued.
'Love can make the strong a slave,
Fool the wise and quell the brave . . .
Love by sacrifice can save.'"
Fool the wise and quell the brave . . .
Love by sacrifice can save.'"
"She again!" I exclaimed involuntarily.
"You hear," murmured Eveena. "In kindness to me heed my warning, if you have neglected all others. Do not break my heart in your mercy to another. Eivé"———
"Eivé!—The prophetess knows me better than you do! The warning means that they now desire my secret before my life, and scheme to make your safety the price of my dishonour. It is the Devil's thought—or the Regent's!"
