A situation difficult, I ween,

For man therein, with eyes and heart, to dine. Also the conference which we have seen,

Was not such as to encourage him to shine; For Adeline, addressing few words to him, With two transcendent eyes seem'd to look through him.

A proud humility, if such there be, Which show'd such deference to what females

As Juan mused on mutability,

Or on his mistress- terms synonymousNo sound except the echo of his sigh,

Or step, ran sadly through that antique house; When suddenly he heard, or thought so, nigh, A supernatural agent-or a mouse, Whose little nibbling rustle will embarrass Most people, as it plays along the arras. XXI.

It was no mouse; but lo! a monk, array'd

In cowl and beads, and dusky garb, appear'd,. Now in the moonlight, and now lapsed in shade, With steps that trod as heavy, yet unheard: His garments only a slight murmur made:

He moved as shadowy as the sisters weird, But slowly; and as he passed Juan by Glanced, without pausing on him a bright eye.