17/32 I have no ground to plead for pardon. What I did, and still more what I uttered, judge it at the worst. I should but add to my baseness if I urged excuses.' 'Let us not remember that, I entreat you,' said Veranilda. 'But tell me, if you will, what has befallen you since ?' 'You know nothing of me since then ?' 'Nothing.' 'And I nothing of you, save that you were with the Gothic army, and honourably entertained. The king himself spoke to me of you, when, after long sickness, I came to his camp. |