From the beginning, and expected this,

And hated you, Polyxena, because

You saw through him, though I too saw through him,

Saw that he meant this while he crowned me, while

He prayed for me,—nay, while he kissed my brow,

I saw—

Pol. But if your measures take effect,

D'Ormea true to you?

Cha. Then worst of all!

I shall have loosed that callous wretch on him!