That we 're the dupes of an egregious cheat!

This plain unpractised suitor, who found way

To the Duchess through the merest die's turn-up,

A year ago had seen her and been seen,

Loved and been loved.

Gui. Impossible!

Gau. —Nor say,

How sly and exquisite a trick, moreover,

Was this which—taking not their stand on facts

Boldly, for that had been endurable,