"And with these thoughts Came thought of changing them. A wonder slipped About her diary in my brain. I paused, Said to myself, you have no right to spy Upon such secret records, yet indeed A devilish sense of curiosity Came as relaxment to my graver mood, As one will fetch up laughter to dispel Thoughts that cannot be quelled or made to take The form of action, clarity. I arose Took from her bag the diary, turned to see What entry she had made when first she came And gave herself to me. And look! The page Just opposite from this had words to show She gave herself to Gregory Wenner just The week that followed on the week in which She gave herself to me." "A glass of water, Before I can proceed!"... "I reeled and struck The bed post. She awoke. I thought that death Had come with apoplexy, could not see, And in a spell vertiginous, with hands That shook and could not find the post, stood there Palsied from head to foot. Quick, she divined The event, the horror anyway, sprang out, And saw the diary lying at my feet. Before I gained control of self, could catch Or hold her hands, she seized it, threw it out The window on the street, and flung herself Face down upon the bed." "Oh awful hell! What other entries did I miss, what shames Recorded since she left me, here in France? What was she then? A woman of one sin, Or many sins, her life filled up with treason, Since I had left her?" "And now think of me: This monstrous war had entered me through her, Its passion, beauty, promise came through her Into my blood and spirit, swept me forth From country, life I knew, all settled things. I had gone mad through her, and from her lips Had caught the poison of the war, its hate, Its yellow sentiment, its sickly dreams, Its lying ideals, and its gilded filth. And here she lay before me, like a snake That having struck, by instinct now is limp; By instinct knows its fangs have done their work, And merely lies and rests." "I went to her, Pulled down her hands from eyes and shook her hard: What is this? Tell me all?" "She only said: 'You have seen all, know all.'"