Thou knewest aught of her; then said her nature

Was such I might not call her friend, or live

With her within four walls; and now, her fault—

Which she herself proclaimed—penning her here

In a close prison, thou my husband comest

To comfort her, 'twould seem—to travel o'er

Again the old foul paths and secretly

To gloat on the old passion.

Asan.

Nay, I came