King. Ev’n from birth.

Seg. But from that hour to this, near, as I think,

Some twenty such renewals of the year

As trace themselves upon the barren rocks,

I never saw you, nor you me—unless,

Unless, indeed, through one of those dark masks

Through which a son might fail to recognize

The best of fathers.

King. Be that as you will;

But, now we see each other face to face,