which is the subject of the third sketch; and lastly, the tone in which she gave the succeeding lines—
"If he be married,
My grave is like to be my wedding-bed!"
which seems, in its deep quiet pathos, to anticipate "some consequence yet hanging in the stars,"—form one unbroken series of the most beautiful and heart-felt touches of nature. The fourth sketch is from the conclusion of the same scene, where Juliet, with reluctant steps and many a lingering look back on the portal through which her lover has departed, follows her nurse out of the banquet-room.
The two next drawings are from the balcony scene, which has usually been considered the criterion of the talent of an actress in this part. The first represents the action which accompanied the line—
"By whose direction found'st thou out this place?"
The second is the first "Good night!"
"Sweet, good night!
This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath,
May prove a beauteous flower, when next we meet."