My wife was touched, and he went smiling forth. And when I knew the impression he had made, And felt my wife insult with silent scorn My ardent truth, and look averse and cold, I went forth too; but soon returned again; Yet not so soon but that my wife had taught My children her harsh thoughts, and they all cried, 'Give us clothes, father! Give us better food! What you in one night squander were enough For months!' I looked, and saw that home was hell. ORSINO 330 Draws to one point the threads of a just And you are unprovided where to fly, How to excuse or to conceal. Nay, listen; All is contrived; success is so assured That GIACOMO Is he dead? Enter BEATRICE BEATRICE ORSINO His grave is ready. Know that since we met 'Tis my brother's voice! You know me not? GIACOMO Cenci has done an outrage to his daughter. My sister, my lost sister! 380 Lost indeed! I see Orsino has talked with you, and He might return; yet kiss me; I shall know That then thou hast consented to his death. hearts, Make thine hard, brother. Answer not farewell. 360 SCENE II. 390 [Exeunt severally. A mean Apartment in GIACOMO'S House. GIACOMO alone. GIACOMO 'Tis midnight, and Orsino comes not yet. (Thunder, and the sound of a storm) What! can the everlasting elements Feel with a worm like man? If so, the shaft Of mercy-winged lightning would not fall On stones and trees. My wife and children sleep; They are now living in unmeaning dreams; But I must wake, still doubting if that deed Be just which was most necessary. Oh, Thou unreplenished lamp, whose narrow fire 9 Are we the fools of such contingencies? wind and thunder, Then There is no need of that. Listen; you know Which seemed to howl his knell, is the Olimpio, the castellan of Petrella loud laughter In old Colonna's time; him whom your father SHE comes not; yet I left her even now Vanquished and faint. She knows the penalty Of her delay; yet what if threats are vain? Be overworn? tame her with chains and famine ? Less would suffice. Yet so to leave undone What I most seek! No, 't is her stubborn |