“Who’s in the next room?—who?

      I seemed to see

Somebody in the dawning passing through,

      Unknown to me.”

“Nay: you saw nought.  He passed invisibly.”

   “Who’s in the next room?—who?

      I seem to hear

Somebody muttering firm in a language new

      That chills the ear.”

“No: you catch not his tongue who has entered there.”

   “Who’s in the next room?—who?

      I seem to feel

His breath like a clammy draught, as if it drew

      From the Polar Wheel.”

“No: none who breathes at all does the door conceal.”

   “Who’s in the next room?—who?

      A figure wan

With a message to one in there of something due?

      Shall I know him anon?”

“Yea he; and he brought such; and you’ll know him anon.”