Guen. Just for this!

Austin!—Oh, not to guess it at the first!

But I did guess it—that is, I divined,

Pelt by an instinct how it was: why else

Should I pronounce you free from all that heap

Of sins which had been irredeemable?

I felt they were not yours—what other way

Than this, not yours? The secret's wholly mine!

Mil. If you would see me die before his face ...

Guen. I'd hold my peace! And if the Earl returns