“The wronged one, he or she, shall have the power
“To call down blindness on the backslider,
“And sightless shall the truant mate remain
“Until expressly pardoned by the other.”
Leuc. It’s fortunate such powers as thine are not
In universal use; for if they were,
One-half the husbands and one-half the wives
Would be as blind as night; the other half,
Having their eyes, would use them—on each other!
Mimos enters, and gives Pygmalion a scroll, which he reads.