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I have sinned: and I am rewarded according to my sin, which was great. There is no forgiveness for me; let no man think there is forgiveness for sin: the gods cannot forgive.
This was my sin, and this is my punishment, that I forsook my god to follow a stranger -- only a while, a very brief, brief while -- and when I would have returned there was no more returning. I cannot worship any more -- that is my punishment; I cannot worship any more.