Only a minute’s help I ask,
And thou shalt see’t—a trifling task
Just to remove, I know not what,
A stone, it may be, from the spot.
Come, come, thy hand.” They gain the door,
When, turning, Kate asks, “Are you sure?”
“Sure? yes,” vociferates her spouse.
This said, they issue from the house—
“I’m certain, as to all I’ve told,
As if e’en now I touch’d the gold: