Bassanio in the deepest affliction replied, "Anthonio, I am married to a wife, who is as dear to me as life itself; but life itself, my wife, and all the world, are not esteemed with me above your life: I would lose all, I would sacrifice all to this devil here, to deliver you.

You kept your by-play quieter, and it gained in effect from the addition of reposeand I rejoiced that you did not kneel to Bassanio at 'My Lord, my governor, my King.'

" Portia, hearing this, seemed very angry, and reproached Bassanio for giving away her ring; and she said, Nerissa had taught her what to believe, and that she knew some woman had the ring.

During the many years that I played Portia I seldom had a Bassanio to my mind.