We were still holding our tongues and refraining from any expression of opinion, when the lady herself entered the room, attended by a little girl.

Seating herself upon the bed, she wept for a long time.

Not even then did we interject a single word, but waited, all attention, for what was to follow these well ordered tears and this show of grief.

When the diplomatic thunderstorm had passed over, she withdrew her haughty head from her mantle and, ringing her hands until the joints cracked, "What is the meaning of such audacity ?" she demanded; "where did you learn such tricks?
They are worthy of putting to shame the assurance of all the robbers of the past! I pity you, so help me the God of Truth, I do; for no one can look with impunity upon that which it is unlawful for him to see.

In our neighborhood, there are so many gods that it is easier to meet one than it is to find a man! But do not think that I was actuated by any desire for revenge when I came here: I am more moved by your age than I am by my own injury, for it is my belief that youthful imprudence led you into committing a sacrilegious crime.