Lady. Nay, gentle shepherd, ill is lost that praise

That is addressed to unattending ears.

Not any boast of skill, but [extreme shift]

How to regain my severed company,

Compelled me to awake the courteous Echo 275

To give me answer from her mossy couch.

Comus. [What chance, good Lady, hath bereft you thus?]

Lady. Dim darkness and this leavy labyrinth.

Comus. Could that divide you from near-ushering guides?

Lady. They left me weary on a grassy turf. 280