Youth and decline; but never yet, Elmina,

Ne’er hath thine eye till now shrunk back, perturb’d

With shame or dread, from mine!

Elm. Thy glance doth search

A wounded heart too deeply.

Gon. Hast thou there

Aught to conceal?

Elm. Who hath not?

Gon. Till this hour

Thou never hadst! Yet hear me!—by the free