Is there no other
entrance
to the chamber?
Byron
It hardly could, unless the rats despoiled
The mice of a few shreds of tapestry.
_Iden. _ Oh! that I e'er should live to see this day!
The honour of our city's gone for ever.
_Fritz_. Well, but now to discover the delinquent:
The Baron is determined not to lose
This sum without a search.
_Iden. _ And so am I. 10
_Fritz_. But whom do you suspect?
_Iden. _ Suspect! all people
Without--within--above--below--Heaven help me!
_Fritz_.
Is there no other entrance to the chamber?
_Iden. _ None whatsoever.
_Fritz_. Are you sure of that?
_Iden. _ Certain. I have lived and served here since my birth,
And if there were such, must have heard of such,
Or seen it.
_Fritz_. Then it must be some one who
Had access to the antechamber.
_Iden. _ Doubtless.
_Fritz_. The man called _Werner's_ poor!
_Iden. _ Poor as a miser[171].
The mice of a few shreds of tapestry.
_Iden. _ Oh! that I e'er should live to see this day!
The honour of our city's gone for ever.
_Fritz_. Well, but now to discover the delinquent:
The Baron is determined not to lose
This sum without a search.
_Iden. _ And so am I. 10
_Fritz_. But whom do you suspect?
_Iden. _ Suspect! all people
Without--within--above--below--Heaven help me!
_Fritz_.
Is there no other entrance to the chamber?
_Iden. _ None whatsoever.
_Fritz_. Are you sure of that?
_Iden. _ Certain. I have lived and served here since my birth,
And if there were such, must have heard of such,
Or seen it.
_Fritz_. Then it must be some one who
Had access to the antechamber.
_Iden. _ Doubtless.
_Fritz_. The man called _Werner's_ poor!
_Iden. _ Poor as a miser[171].
