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