Appeased the justly-angered Powers, destroyed

The scandal, took down Victor's name at last

From a bad eminence, I then might breathe

And rest! No moment was to lose. Behold

The proud result—a Treaty, Austria, Spain

Agree to—

D'O. [Aside.] I shall merely stipulate

For an experienced headsman.

Cha. Not a soul

Is compromised: the blotted past 's a blank: