(Sel. looks reproachfully).
Too horrible! Still—
Sel.Well!
Dar.I see a trace
Of wisdom lurking in this ancient law.
Sel. Where lurks this wisdom, then? I see it not.
Dar. (with emphasis). Man is a shameless being, steeped in sins
At which our stainless nature stands appalled;
Yet, sister, if we took this loathsome soul
From yonder seething gulf of infamy—