"And thus confirm, by your revenge, what the insult has not proclaimed publicly. Be a man and curb your passion. The traitor is a relative of yours——"
"Who?"
"Troilo."
"My chosen friend! He to whom I had intrusted the safe keeping of my honor. Ah!"
"This man, trampling on the sacred ties of blood, this man has betrayed his benefactor and friend——"
"But are you sure of it?"
"Are such things ever said without certainty?"
"And how is it possible that I should have been ignorant of it until now—I, a miserable, betrayed man?"
"The ears of husbands are always the last to hear their own shame. A providence of God!"
"Francesco, may you not perhaps have been deceived? A prince, however wary, does not see, does not hear everything for himself."