And we will strew chopped straw before the door.[n9] [Exit.

Margaret. [going homewards]

How could I once so boldly chide

When a poor maiden stepped aside,

And scarce found words enough to name

The measure of a sister’s shame!

If it was black, I blackened it yet more,

And with that blackness not content,

More thickly still laid on the paint,

And blessed my stars, as cased in mail,