Is it to blast me? Yet the fearful doubt
Hath crept in darkness through my thoughts before,
And been flung from them. Silence!—Speak not yet!
I would be calm and meet the thunder-burst
With a strong heart.
[A pause.
Now, what have I to hear?
Your tidings?
Gui. Briefly, ’twas your son did thus!
He hath disgraced your name.