And both the fathers equally were blest.
Vera. Say one was blest with two, and speak more truly.
Xim. Forbear this language, sir, or I am dumb.
It seems that you deserved not him you had,
For in seven days heaven ravished your Alphonso;
My sister's little Veramond survived,
And she's a living witness of this truth.
Great was my grief, but greater was my fear,
From your, alas! too much experienced anger.
Thus low reduced, and urged by anxious thoughts