Nicholas, the poem “Invitation to Echo,” first appeared. […] But first of all, you must promise to do in all things just as I tell you.” […] The people believed that no stranger could enter their gates, unless he could first secure the purple lock. […] At first she thought they were only in the water, and she rushed to the shore. […] He could not believe, at first, that the boy he loved so dearly was really dead, and he called him by name again and again.