Sudden and senseless!
Michal. David!—No!
Saul. God! God!
Have I not bidden swiftly! Ever then
Vexation? I could—Ah. Will she not speak!
Michal. I cannot.
Saul. Cannot! Are you flesh of me?
David. My lord, not anger! Hear me ...
Saul. Cannot?
David. Hear!
Her lips could never seal upon a wrong.
Sudden divinity is on them, silence
Sent for the benison of Israel,
Else were it shattered by her love to you!
Believe, in all the riven realm of duty
There's no obedience from thee she would hold.
If it seem other——
(Enter Abner hurriedly.)
Abner. Pardon, O king. A word.