—That he would make Sordello that and more.
"As good a scheme as any. What's to pore
At in my face?" he asked—"ponder instead
This piece of news; you are Romano's Head!
One cannot slacken pace so near the goal,
Suffer my Azzo to escape heart-whole
This time! For you there's Palma to espouse—
For me, one crowning trouble ere I house
Like my compeer."
On which ensued a strange