Will you not say you love me?
Duchess
Is that my lesson?
Must I say all at once? ’Twere a good lesson
If I did love you, sir; but, if I do not,
What shall I say then?
Guido
If you do not love me,
Say, none the less, you do, for on your tongue
Falsehood for very shame would turn to truth.
Duchess
What if I do not speak at all? They say
Lovers are happiest when they are in doubt
Guido
Nay, doubt would kill me, and if I must die,
Why, let me die for joy and not for doubt.
Oh, tell me may I stay, or must I go?
Duchess