You sat in silent sadness, saying nothing;
At night you waited for me while I drank too deep.
When I came home you did not say a word,
Not one reproach. I should fall to my knees
And ask forgiveness. Dear dear wife, how cruel
I was, and what I’ve made you suffer, dear——
Saint Rose.—
One kiss means more to her than pardons asked.
Jacqueline.—
The past have I forgotten; now I’m happy.