Chapter 49 CHAPTER XXII.

PLEASURE.

"But ever, from that hour, 'tis said,

He stammered and he stuttered,

As if an axe went through his head

With every word he uttered.

He stuttered o'er blessing, he stuttered o'er ban,

He stuttered, drunk or dry;

And none but he and the fisherman

Could tell the reason why."

"Babette," said Captain Brand, as he tap