Blood burnt the cheekbone, each black eye flashed fierce.
"But this exceeds our license! Stay awhile—
That 's the solution! both are foreigners,
The fresh-come Rhodian lady, and her spouse
The man of Phokis: newly resident,
Nowise instructed—that explains it all!
No born and bred Athenian but would smile,
Unless frown seemed more fit for ignorance.
These strangers have a privilege!
"You blame"