Werner. Whate'er I know, there is no bribe of thine

Can swerve me to the crooked path thou pointest.

The chamber's ready, which your rest demands.

Stralenheim (aside).

'Tis strange—this peasant's tone is wondrous high,210

His air imperious—and his eye shines out

As wont to look command with a quick glance—

His garb befits him not—why, he may be

The man I look for! now, I look again,

There is the very lip—short curling lip—