That soft, ambrosial hue,—Fairer than thee!

'Twere blasphemy in any tongue but thine,

So to disparage thy unmatch'd perfections.

Adel. No, Theodore, I dare not hear thee longer;

Perhaps, indeed, there is some fatal cause.

Theod. There is not, cannot be. 'Tis but his pride,

Stung by resentment 'gainst thy furious father—

Adel. Ah no; he is too generous, just, and good,

To hate me for the offences of my father.

But find the cause. At good Alphonso's tomb