¡¡But
Basil
took
the
slender
body
in
his
arms,
and
carried
it
like
that
of
a
child.
When
he
had
laid
it
down,
he
looked
at
Gaudiosus
sternly.
‘And did you make no inquiry of those with whom you spoke?’
‘Consider his crime,’ returned the other. ‘In the moment when he swore falsely I lifted up my eyes, and behold, she herself stood before me. She whom I loved, who had pledged herself to me, who long ago would have been my wife but for the enemy who came between us—she, hidden here with him, become a wanton in his embraces—’