Well may the woman taunt him with his child—

I, eating here his bread, clothed in his clothes,

Seated upon his seat, let slip D'Ormea

To outrage him! We talk—perchance he tears

My father from his bed; the old hands feel

For one who is not, but who should be there:

He finds D'Ormea! D'Ormea too finds him!

The crowded chamber when the lights go out—

Closed doors—the horrid scuffle in the dark—

The accursed prompting of the minute! My guards!