I dare na' just say as ye say, kimmer, for I dreamt I was flying in the air and somebody behint me.
GRIZELD BANE.
Ay, ay, ay; ye will discern mist and mysteries at last. But ye must have power, forsooth! as ye list and when ye list. If he did not keep tryste in the night, let us cast a spell for him in the day. When doors and windows are darkened, mid-day is as potent as midnight. Shut out the light and begin. But if he roar and rage at you when he does come, that is no fault of mine.
(Draws a circle on the floor.)
MARY MACMURRENandELSPY LOW (at once).
Na, na ! dinna bring him up now.
[Exeunt hastily, leavingGrizeldalone.
GRIZELD BANE (chanting to herself after having completed the circle).
Black of mien and stern of brow,
Dark one, dread one, hear me now!
Come with potency and speed;
Come to help me in my need.
Kith and kindred have I none,
Ever wand'ring, ever lone.
Black of mien and stern of brow,
Dark one, dread one, hear me now!
He is now at hand; the floor yawns under my feet, and the walls are running round; he is
