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I must, forsooth, give up a rooted judgment.
Think not I am a woman. Having trusted him
E'en 'till to-day, to-day too will I trust him.

TERTSKY.
Must it be he—he only? Send another.

WALLENSTEIN.
It must be he, whom I myself have chosen;
He is well fitted for the business. Therefore
I gave it him.

ILLO.
Because he's an Italian—
Therefore is he well fitted for the business.

WALLENSTEIN.
I know you love them not—nor sire nor son—
Because that I esteem them, love them—visibly
Esteem them, love them more than you and others,
E'en as they merit. Therefore are they eye-blights,
Thorns in your foot-path. But your jealousies,
In what affect they me or my concerns?
Are they the worse to me because you hate them?
Love or hate one another as you will,
I leave to each man his own moods and likings;
Yet know the worth of each of you to me.

ILLO.
Von Questenberg, while he was here, was always
Lurking about with this Octavio.

WALLENSTEIN.
It happen'd with my knowledge and permission.

ILLO.
I know that secret messengers came to him
From Galas——

WALLENSTEIN.