Is she your wife?

Pal.Nay, ’tis but now three days ...

Man. You say she is not your wife. Is then your sin

To have leapt the bounds which hold unmarried lovers?

Pal. O, father, thou couldst never ask such thing

If thou didst know who ’twas. Nay, thou mayst know:

’Twas Manuel’s sister,—Margaret of Palermo.

Man. (partly discovering). See, I am Manuel. * * *

* * * Ay, and so far is well.

Now say, did Margaret contrive thy flight?