Was—how and when should deputation march

To Coliseum Street, the old abode

Of wickedness, and there acquaint—oh, shame!

Her, its old inmate, who had followed up

And lay in wait in the old haunt for prey—

That they had rescued, they possessed Léonce,

Whose loathing at recapture equalled theirs—

Upbraid that sinner with her sinfulness,

Impart the fellow-sinner's firm resolve

Never to set eyes on her face again: