[KANDAULES is about to speak.
’Tis good, ay good! Forgive me, Sire, and go!
[Exit Kandaules.
Rhod.
None other ’tis than Gyges—that is clear,
And he has had the ring—that is still clearer,
The King suspects, must do so—that is clearest!
He’s bound the appalling deed appallingly
T’avenge on him, yet suffers him escape.
Thereby one riddle needs another riddle