And looks and gestures sooner.—How you must

Despise me!

Mer. Mildred, break it if you choose,

A heart the love of you uplifted—still

Uplifts, through this protracted agony,

To heaven! but, Mildred, answer me,—first pace

The chamber with me—once again—now, say

Calmly the part, the ... what it is of me

You see contempt (for you did say contempt)

—Contempt for you in! I would pluck it off