Steadfast as thine?
Elm. There’s meaning in thine eye,
More than thy words.
Abd. (pointing to the city.) Look to yon towers and walls!
Think you no hearts within their limits pine,
Weary of hopeless warfare, and prepared
To burst the feeble links which bind them still
Unto endurance.
Elm. Thou hast said too well.
But what of this?