Mar. Thou wilt not breathe a word?

Con.No, not a word.

Mar. Thou know’st the casement of my bedroom looks

Across the court. There as I stood last night,

Watching the moon awhile, ere I shut out

The sleepless splendour from my dreams, I heard

A heavy step pass down the gallery.

’Tis Manuel, I thought, who goes to lie

In the little chamber at the back,—for Philip

Had his;—but, for some strangeness in the step