Speak, for I am resolved to know the truth from your own mouth.”
“Sir,” I replied, “I was taken with a giddiness, and fell down, and that is the whole matter.”
At these words my husband lost all patience. “I have,” said he, “too long listened to your falsehoods.” As he spoke he clapped his hands, and in came three slaves: “Pull her out of bed,” said he, “and lay her in the middle of the floor.” The slaves obeyed, one holding me by the head,
Speak, for I am resolved to know the truth from your own mouth.”
“Sir,” I replied, “I was taken with a giddiness, and fell down, and that is the whole matter.”
At these words my husband lost all patience. “I have,” said he, “too long listened to your falsehoods.” As he spoke he clapped his hands, and in came three slaves: “Pull her out of bed,” said he, “and lay her in the middle of the floor.” The slaves obeyed, one holding me by the head,
