The Shepherd's Flute, 3.
you lose your way in the sky last night? Where there
too many Iouds? Or did some star run away from
you into the infinite, whence you could not get it
back, even with your excellesCnew telescope?“ Eras¬
mus remained dubb.
Dionysia raised herself a little in bed, looked
searchingly at her husband, and asked again: "Why
do you not answer me? Has anything gone wrong with
you? Do you feel ill? Or hare I unconsciously
hurt your feelings? I must really suppose the latter,
since I am here to calm and console you for any other
hurt, and you would not leave me so long without an
answer."
Finally Erasmus decided to speak. "Neither
confort nor consolation can I have from you this time,
Dionysia. I am in a meditive nood because I have
been thinking of you for many hours, and realizing
at the same time that I never have done so until last
night."
Dionysia weiled, as she lay propped upon her
pillows; "And now have you other or better knowledge
than before of the fact that you call a tender, true
and happy wife your own?"