“Have I done aught to offend thee?”
“I have no condemnation!”
“As thy husband, I rightfully claim to know why thou art disquieted.”
“I cannot reveal my thoughts! Let me be silent!”
“Thou dost set thy face against me, Cassia!” he exclaimed with some earnestness.
“Rebuke me not, I pray thee! If I am disconsolate, it lieth not within me to be otherwise!”
“Why didst thou become my wife, if my presence is disquieting?”
“I have made no such accusation!”
“Aha!” he exclaimed bitterly. “I am persuaded that thy thoughts turn towards thy former lover, Saulus!”
“For shame, Ezra! thou speakest foolishness!”