SCENE II. Cyprus. A Room in the Castle.
[Enter Othello and Emilia.]
OTHELLO.
You have seen nothing, then?
EMILIA.
Nor ever heard, nor ever did suspect.
OTHELLO.
Yes, you have seen Cassio and she together.
EMILIA.
But then I saw no harm, and then I heard
Each syllable that breath made up between them.
OTHELLO.
What, did they never whisper?
EMILIA.
Never, my lord.
OTHELLO.
Nor send you out o' the way?
EMILIA.
Never.
OTHELLO.
To fetch her fan, her gloves, her mask, nor nothing?
EMILIA.
Never, my lord.
OTHELLO.
That's strange.
EMILIA.
I durst, my lord, to wager she is honest,
Lay down my soul at stake: if you think other,
Remove your thought, — it doth abuse your bosom.
If any wretch have put this in your head,
Let heaven requite it with the serpent's curse!
For if she be not honest, chaste, and true,
There's no man happy; the purest of their wives
Is foul as slander.
