Prom. What! Do you mean to say he killed his children and himself?
Servant. Yes.
Prom. Alas! Why did he do that? Surely some great misfortune must have befallen him.
Servant. None that I know of.
Prom. Perhaps he was poor, or despised by every one, unfortunate in love, or in disgrace at court.
Servant. On the contrary, he was very rich, and I believe universally esteemed. He cared nothing about love, and was in high favour at court.
Prom. Then why has he done this thing?
Servant. He was weary of life,—so he says in the writing he has left.
Prom. What are these judges doing?