Arn.‍Ah!

Cæs. You are grave—what have you on your spirit!

Arn.‍Nothing.

Cæs. How mortals lie by instinct! If you ask

A disappointed courtier—What's the matter?

"Nothing"—an outshone Beauty what has made

Her smooth brow crisp—"Oh, Nothing!"—a young heir

When his Sire has recovered from the Gout,

What ails him? "Nothing!" or a Monarch who30

Has heard the truth, and looks imperial on it—