9/21 Well, Otto, I was wrong; I have forsworn my sceptical philosophy; and I perceive your faults to be unpardonable. You are unfit to be a Prince, unfit to be a husband. And I give you my word, I would rather see a man capably doing evil than blundering about good.' Otto was still silent, in extreme dudgeon. You went, I hear, and had an explanation. That may have been right or wrong; I know not; at least, you had stirred her temper. |