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2 6 6 I n t e r p r e t a t i o n Volume 41 / Issue 3Chapter SixWhile I was uncertain and withmy troubled mind wrapped up in that thought,the sun had turned half his circle:the half, I say, of our hemisphere;5 such that from us the day was distancing itself,and the east was growing black;when I knew from the sound of a hornand bellowing of the troubled herd,that my lady was making her return.10 And although I was intently in that thoughtthat all day to itself had drawn me,and from my chest extinguished every other care,as I heard my lady, in factI thought that every other thing was vain15 outside of her whose servant I was made;that, she having arrived where I was, all humanwith one of her arms she encircled my neck,with the other took my farther hand.Shame somewhat painted my face,20 nor could I say anything to her,such was the sweetness that overcame me.However, after a little while, she and Itogether we reasoned many things,as one friend with another speaks.25 But, when her anguished limbs wererested and restored by the usual food,thus speaking the lady proposed:“I have already promised to guide youto the place where you could comprehend30 the total condition of our state;therefore, if you please, get readyand you’ll see people with whom in the pastgreat knowledge and great practice you had.”Then she rose, and I kept behind her,35 as she directed, and not without fear;however, I seemed neither melancholy nor happy.The night was already shadowy and dark;so she took a lantern in her hand,