Tell. Yes.

Ges. And hast a family?

Tell. A son.

Ges. A son! Sarnem!

Sar. My lord, the boy.

[Gesler signs to Sarnem to keep silence, and, whispering,
sends him off.
]

Tell. The boy! What boy?

Is’t mine?—and have they netted my young fledgling[508]?

Now Heaven support me, if they have! He’ll own me,

And share his father’s ruin! But a look