Shall I risk
The King's return?
ELINOR
What do you mean?
JOHN
I mean
I cannot wait and watch this Robin Hood
Dangle the fruit of Tantalus before me,
Then eat it in my sight! I have borne enough!
He gave me like a fairing to my brother
In Sherwood Forest; and I now must watch him,
A happy bridegroom with the happy bride,
Whose lips I meant for mine.
ELINOR
And do you think
I love to see it?
JOHN
Had it not been for you
He would have died ere this!
ELINOR