Chapter XXXIV

Ha—ha! Ha—ha! ’twas a hollow jeer;
And it broke like a thunder-clap, right in my ear,
And just when I thought not a whisper was near,
It burst like a trumpet beside me:
And it deafen’d my hearing, with deafness that rung,
And I knew ’twas a black and a damned tongue,
That had laugh’d such a laugh to deride me.