NowHelenlookeduponhimwonderinglyandspoke:
“Didstthounotbutnownamemeimmortal,Rei?HowthencanIbeindanger,whoamimmortal,andnottobeharmedofmen?Deathhathnopartinme。Speaknottomeofdangers,who,alas!canneverdietilleverythingisdone;buttellmeofthatfaithlessWanderer,whomI
mustlovewithallthewomanhoodthatshutsmyspiritin,andallmyspiritthatisclothedinwomanhood。For,Rei,theGods,withholdingDeath,haveinwrathcursedmewithlovetotormentmydeathlessness。
Oh,whenIsawhimstandingwherenowthoustandest,mysoulknewitsotherpart,andIlearnedthatthecurseIgivetoothershadfallenonmyselfandhim。“
“YetwasthisWanderernotaltogetherfaithlesstothee,Lady,“saidRei。“Listen,andIwilltelltheeall。“