“Sought you them, Ellis, from the mean intent
To give them succour?”—
“What indeed I meant
At first was vengeance; but I long pursued
The pair, and I at last their misery view’d
In that vile garret, which I cannot paint—
The sight was loathsome, and the smell was faint;
And there that wife, whom I had loved so well,
And thought so happy, was condemn’d to dwell;
The gay, the grateful wife, whom I was glad