Why did I strike him?—having proof enough

Against the man, I surely should have left

That stroke to Rome. He saved my life too. Did he?

It seem’d so. I have play’d the sudden fool.

And that sets her against me—for the moment.

Camma—well, well, I never found the woman

I could not force or wheedle to my will.

She will be glad at last to wear my crown.

And I will make Galatia prosperous too,

And we will chirp among our vines, and smile