Ah! yet, maybe, 'twas innocent—Nay,

I believe it, though she spoke not of it,

And 'tis the wont of wives to laugh and boast

Of innocent conquests.

Asan.

Nay, she spoke no word.

Ire. And did no other of thy friends at Cherson

Tell thee? Why, 'twas the talk of all the city

How close they grew together, till thy coming