Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: Antonio : Grieve not that I am fall'n to this for you, For herein Fortune shows herself more kind Than is her custom. It is still her use To let the wretched man outlive his wealth, To view with hollow eye and wrinkled brow An age of poverty-from which lingering penance Of such misery doth she cut me off. Commend me to your honorable wife. Tell her the process of Antonio's end. Say how I loved you. Speak me fair in death. And when the tale is told, bid her be judge Whether Bassanio had not once a love. What is meant by "lingering penance"? What is it that Bassanio must not regret and what is it that Antonio does not repent?
Explanation
The phrase 'lingering penance' implies a prolonged period of suffering, which Antonio will face in his old age due to poverty. Antonio's statement suggests that he does not regret his decision to help Bassanio and wants Bassanio to remember his love for him.
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