He doubted not a mind so strong must feel
Most righteously, and righteous measures deal.
Then would he go, and haply he might find
Some new excitement for a weary mind;
Might learn the miseries of a pair undone,
One scorn’d and hated, lost and perish’d one.
Yes, he would praise to virtuous anger give,
And so his vengeance should be nursed and live. 670
Ellis was glad to see his landlord come, }
A transient joy broke in upon his gloom, }