I am married,—neither scarecrow will return."

Three weeks, I chuckled—"How would Giulia stare,

And Tecla smile and Tisbe laugh outright,

Were it not impudent for brides to talk!"—

Until one morning, as I sat and sang

At the broidery-frame alone i' the chamber,—loud

Voices, two, three together, sobbings too,

And my name, "Guido," "Paolo," flung like stones

From each to the other! In I ran to see.

There stood the very Guido and the priest