DESDEMONA: Then would to God that I had never seen ‘t!
OTHELLO: Ha! wherefore?
DESDEMONA: Why do you speak so startingly and rash?
OTHELLO: Is ‘t lost? is ‘t gone? speak, is it out o’ the way?
– William Shakespeare
Othello, Act 3, Scene 4. An alarmed Desdemona wishes she had never seen the handkerchief after hearing that it has magical properties. Othello becomes intimidatory as he interrogates her on the handkerchief’s whereabouts.