And front the pack.—My sister, my twin-born,

Live thy sequestered life; and pray for me.

[Theodora goes.

Ah, gracer of our Roman mail! I hear

No smallest rumor that her passage makes,

Not one least vicious snarl or jeer the more.

I dare to dream Thou hast accepted this,

My true task in the world! By now, I think,

She leaves behind the fetid neighborhood;

A moment more, and her accustomed feet