64 LITERATURE AND DRAMA 



Thou hast no speculation in those eyes 

 Which thou dost glare with. 



LadyW Think of this, good peers, 



But as a thing of custom : 'tis no other ; 

 Only it spoils the pleasure of the time. 



Macbeth. 58 What man dare, I dare : 

 Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, 

 The arm'd rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger ; 

 Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves 

 Shall never tremble : or be alive again, 

 And dare me to the desert with thy sword ; 

 If trembling I inhibit, then protest me 

 The baby of a girl. Hence, horrible shadow ! 

 Unreal mockery, hence ! 58 [Ghost vanis, 



Why, so : being gone, 

 I am a man again. 



Lady. You have displaced the mirth, broke the good meeting, 

 With most admired disorder. 



Macbeth. Can such things be, 



And overcome us like a summer's cloud, 

 Without our special wonder ? You make me strange 

 Even to the disposition that I owe, 

 When now I think you can behold such sights, 

 And keep the natural ruby of your cheeks, 

 When mine is blanch'd with fear. 



JRoss. What sights, my lord ? 



Lady. 59 1 pray you, speak not ; he grows worse and worse ; 

 Question enrages him. At once, good night : 

 Stand not upon the order of your going, 

 But go at once. 



Lennox. Good night ; and better health 



Attend his majesty ! 



87 Rises and speaks sweetly to the company. 



58 Macready plays this well. Even Kemble chid and scolded the ghost out ! 

 and rose in vehemence and courage as he went on. Macready began in the 

 vehemence of despair, but, overcome by terror as he continued 1 o gaze on the 

 apparition, dropped his voice lower and lower till he became tremulous and 

 inarticulate, and at last uttering a subdued cry of mortal agony and horror, 

 he suddenly cast his mantle over his face, and sank back almost lifeless on his 

 seat. 



59 Descends in great eagerness ; voice almost choked with anxiety to pre- 

 vent their questioning ; alarm, hurry, rapid and convulsive as if afraid he 

 should tell of the murder of Duncan. 



