The Demoiselle d’Ys, Chapter 1

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌⁠“Mais je croy que je

Suis descendu on puiz

Ténébreux onquel disoit

Heraclytus estre Vereté cachée.”

“There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌⁠“The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.”

The utter desolation of the scene began to have its effect; I sat down to face