Have I not sought a thousand counsels, all

In vain!—A gentle girl, a dove of maidens,

Sudden transformed to be a thing of talons—

A harpy-tigress! Clue? What clue have I

For murder in the bosom of a dove?—

CAPO.

Softly, my liege. That is my specialty.

ALTOUM

So I have heard from specialists before;

Yet now I feel new hope. If you shall find