And he has done so. I submit myself!"

The priest says—oh, and in the main result

The facts asseverate, he truly says,

As to the very act and deed of him,

However you mistrust the mind o' the man—

The flight was just for flight's sake, no pretext

For aught except to set Pompilia free.

He says, "I cite the husband's self's worst charge

In proof of my best word for both of us.

Be it conceded that so many times