And yet, unharmed I breathe—perchance, repent—

Thanks to the mercifully-politic!"

"Ignorance is not innocence but sin—

Witness yourself ignore what after-pangs

Pursue the plague-infected. Merciful

Am I? Perhaps! the more contempt, the less

Hatred; and who so worthy of contempt

As you that rest assured I cooled the spot

I could not cure, by poisoning, forsooth,

Whose hand I pressed there? Understand for once