Awaking up from his day-dream, he clasped his hands and folded them on his breast; and closing up his eyes, murmured:
"I wish to see you again before I leave, angelic beauty. You are a vision, born of love and sweet fancy. I am yours-I will lay down my life like a cavalier of old and die for you, for you to win your love, Rosa, my adorable Rosa! While some people venture all for learning, others live to consummate a great work of art or literature, Rosa, I-I will venture all to love you and live for you, Rosa..."
He mused around and thought long. His poetic spirit aroused him from his lethargy and forced him to reproduce his strange feelings in some form. That day he showed Camilo one of the loveliest lyrics he had ever written.
The next day while Lucio was lugubriously going on his way from the farm to Camilo's house, he was suddenly tapped on the shoulders, followed by: "O! Lucio, you are here also in Mery Town?"
Turning back he met Juan de la Cruz.
"Oh yes! You surprised me, Juan, for I never thought of meeting any other acquaintance here."
"Yes, we meet old friends when least we expect them. How long should you stay here?" he inquired looking him up from head to foot as if wanting to pierce into his inner feelings.
"Well, during vacation time at least. And you are on your way to where in heaven?"
