And bear away triumphant back, some wife.

Well now, the man was rational in his way:

He, the Abate,—ought he to interpose?

Unless by straining still his tutelage

(Priesthood leaps over elder-brothership)

Across this difficulty: then let go,

Leave the poor fellow in peace! Would that be wrong?

There was no making Guido great, it seems,

Spite of himself: then happy be his dole!

Indeed, the Abate's little interest