Old Wilton groaned aloud, and buried his face in his hands.


CHAPTER XII.—THE DOWNFALL OF PRIDE.

Invention is ashamed,

Against the proclamation of thy passion,

To say thou dost not: therefore tell me true;

But tell me then ’tis so;—for, look, thy cheeks

Confess it, th’ one to th’ other; and thine eyes

See it so grossly shown in thy behaviour,