Thoas.

Why, I see it.

They whisper and compare, they shrug their shoulders,

And clenching fists, have a sly nod with each other.

You’ve given them all too sore offence, and if

The Greek should feel some morning when he wakens

His step go sudden-stumbling o’er a crown

Set by some hand at night to catch his feet,

Should he still spurn it?—Is the man a fool?

He does not rob you of it, that’s enough.