Away! What time is given thee to resolve

On—what I cannot utter? Speak! thou know’st

Too well what I would say.

Gon. Until—ask not!

The time is brief.

Elm. Thou said’st—I heard not right——

Gon. The time is brief.

Elm. What! must we burst all ties

Wherewith the thrilling chords of life are twined!

And, for this task’s fulfilment, can it be