'Twill pierce it thro'and thro'.

Adeline. An if I thought 'twere so?—

Gondi. Hear me, young man:—

Thou wring'st a secret from me, which, till now,

Was borne in silence here; while, vulture-like,

It preys upon my vitals.—I am married:—

I have a wife—and one whom kindly nature

Form'd in her lavish mood:—Oh! her gentle love

Beam'd through her eyes, whene'er she turn'd them on me,

With such a mild and virtuous innocence,