I wronged thee ages by a moment’s thought

That thou wouldst shrink ... Then is our marriage fixed?

Mar. There’s none can hinder it.

Pal.O, blessed joy!

Yet how can I be sure, love, that thou knowest,

Finding the word so easy, what a mountain

There lies to lift? Pledging to me and mine

Thy heart this hour, a hundred thousand stings

Will plague thee from this moment, to drive thee back.

Mar. Try me, Giovanni.