Tresh. [After a pause.] You have no cause

—Who could have cause to do my sister wrong?

Ger. Oh, my lord, only once—let me this once

Speak what is on my mind! Since first I noted

All this, I've groaned as if a fiery net

Plucked me this way and that—fire if I turned

To her, fire if I turned to you, and fire

If down I flung myself and strove to die.

The lady could not have been seven years old

When I was trusted to conduct her safe