No; when the tempest rages round my head,

I give my branches wider to the air,

And strike my root more deeply.—To thy tale:

Away with palliatives and compliments;—

Speak plainly.

Fab. Plainly, then, my lord, I have heard

What, for the little breath, I have to draw,

I would not, to the black extent of rumour,

Give credit to.—But you command me speak—

Count. Thy pauses torture me.—Can I hear worse