Especially towards the quarter day—
Falk [acquiescing].
Ah, were there scandal in the case, indeed—
Strawman [despondently].
No matter. Read its columns with good heed,
You’ll see me offered up to Vengeance.
Falk [whimsically].
Nay,
To retribution—well-earned punishment.
Thro’ all our life there runs a Nemesis,