However, my heart beat freely again--perhaps more freely than ever--when I saw her crouching in the shadow of the Castle wall.

From where she was she could not be seen from any point save that alone which I occupied; even from there it was only her white shroud that was conspicuous through the deep gloom of the shadow.

The moonlight was so bright that the shadows were almost unnaturally black.
I rushed over towards her, and when close was about to say impulsively, "Why did you leave your tomb ?" when it suddenly struck me that the question would be malapropos and embarrassing in many ways.

So, better judgment prevailing, I said instead: "It has been so long since I saw you! It has seemed an eternity to me!" Her answer came as quickly as even I could have wished; she spoke impulsively and without thought: "It has been long to me too! Oh, so long! so long! I have asked you to come out here because I wanted to see you so much that I could not wait any longer.

I have been heart-hungry for a sight of you!" Her words, her eager attitude, the ineffable something which conveys the messages of the heart, the longing expression in her eyes as the full moonlight fell on her face, showing the stars as living gold--for in her eagerness she had stepped out towards me from the shadow--all set me on fire.