Note 1 — Scene I.—A Room in the Palace.
Edward FitzGerald translation
I will not answer for the accuracy of my version of this dilemma at Ombre: neither perhaps could Lazaro for his: which, together with the indifference (I presume) of all present readers on the subject, has made me indifferent about it. Cesar, I see, starts with almost the same fine hand Belinda had, who also was
‘Just in the jaws of ruin and Codille,’
as he was, but, unlike him, saved by that unseen king of hearts that
‘Lurk’d in her hand and mourn’d his captive queen.’