Theirs on him, policy has held aloof
My own from his, not to alarm him into
Suspicion of my plan. Why did I leave
At Hamburgh those who would have made assurance
If this be he or no? I thought, ere now,
To have been lord of Siegendorf, and parted
In haste, though even the elements appear500
To fight against me, and this sudden flood
May keep me prisoner here till——
[He pauses and looks at Werner: then resumes.