APOLOGY
Excuse Defense
I should not have intruded on you at this hour
In an unguarded moment, I——
In an evil hour, I——
Owing to a foolish error, I——
In the exasperation of the moment——
It was purely a Pagan impulse
There was no intention to discriminate against——
I offer my humblest apologies
Your forgiveness for all these offences is very penitently and humbly invoked
He did not feel that he was committing an indiscretion when he——
I am hardly presentable for polite society
I am far from being as well informed as you suppose me to be——
Forgive me all my delinquencies
The horrible consciousness has just dawned upon me that——
I find my tongue is too foolhardy.
All’s Well that Ends Well, IX., 1
I did play a lamentable part.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona, IV., 4
If hearty sorrow be a sufficient ransom for offence, I tender’t here.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona, V., 4