Shouldst thou betray us!

Raim. Father! I can bear—

Ay, proudly woo—the keenest questioning

Of thy soul-gifted eye, which almost seems

To claim a part of heaven’s dread royalty,

—The power that searches thought.

Pro. (after a pause.) Thou hast a brow

Clear as the day—and yet I doubt thee, Raimond!

Whether it be that I have learn’d distrust

From a long look through man’s deep-folded heart;