Chapter 16 No.16

(Galileo writes to his friend Castelli, after his return to Arcetri.)

Castelli, O Castelli, she is dead.

I found her driving death back with her soul

Till I should come.

I could not even see

Her face.-These useless eyes had spent their power

On distant worlds, and lost that last faint look

Of love on earth.

I am in the dark,