Макбет
Scene IV. The same. Hall in the palace.
Ross:Whatsights,mylord?
LadyMacbeth:Iprayyou,speaknot;hegrowsworseandworse;
Questionenrageshim.Atonce,goodnight:
Standnotupontheorderofyourgoing,
Butgoatonce.
Lennox:Goodnight;andbetterhealth
Attendhismajesty!
LadyMacbeth:Akindgoodnighttoall!
ExeuntallbutMacbethandLadyMacbeth
Macbeth:Itwillhaveblood;theysay,bloodwillhaveblood:
Stoneshavebeenknowntomoveandtreestospeak;
Augursandunderstoodrelationshave
Bymagot-piesandchoughsandrooksbroughtforth
Thesecret’stmanofblood.Whatisthenight?
LadyMacbeth:Almostatoddswithmorning,whichiswhich.
Macbeth:Howsay’stthou,thatMacduffdenieshisperson
Atourgreatbidding?
LadyMacbeth:Didyousendtohim,sir?
Macbeth:Ihearitbytheway;butIwillsend:
There’snotaoneofthembutinhishouse
Ikeepaservantfee’d.Iwillto-morrow,
AndbetimesIwill,totheweirdsisters:
Moreshalltheyspeak;fornowIambenttoknow,
Bytheworstmeans,theworst.Formineowngood,
Allcausesshallgiveway:Iaminblood
Stepp’dinsofarthat,shouldIwadenomore,
Returningwereastediousasgoo’er:
StrangethingsIhaveinhead,thatwilltohand;
Whichmustbeactederetheymaybescann’d.