1. The weather is stormy .

2. Porphyrias lover waits in the cottage.

3. Porphyria arrives .

4. She takes off her wet outer clothes .

5. She speaks but he does not reply .

6. She covers his face with her hair .

7. She sits next to him and rests his head on her shoulder .

8. She tells him she loves him .

9. He wonders what to do, then decides .

10. He strangles her with her own hair

11. He opens her eyes

12. He rests her head on his shoulder

13. He sits with her all night