Marg. Life is a hideous riddle unto some,

That it were better they had never solved.

Cath. Margaret, I am your mother. Tell me quick,

Gerbhert, where is Gerbhert? Will he come?

Marg. He will never come. O Mother! O Mother!

Cath. What are your words? Where hath he gone, my Child?

Marg. How can I tell you? ’Tis the church’s will

That he must leave me, I must be no wife,

Or he no husband. The Pope hath sworn it.

Cath. The Pope! The Pope, you say?