The time may come—
And this is no such trifle—but perhaps
The patriarch meditates a weightier office.
TEMPLAR.
Think you so, brother? Has he hinted aught?
FRIAR.
Why, yes; I was to sift you out a little,
And hear if you were one to—
TEMPLAR.
Well—to what?
I’m curious to observe how this man sifts.
FRIAR.
The shortest way will be to tell you plainly
What are the patriarch’s wishes.
TEMPLAR.