Sorrow enough. I would not add to it

By telling her of such poor love as mine

For all the world holds dear. Some day, please Heaven,

I shall return with honours to my name

(If honours lie within my grasp, I’ll grasp them),

And then, if I’ve a name worth offering,

Maybe I’ll pluck up heart. Not now, not now.

But hush, she comes.

Enter Gretchen.

Gretchen, my sister Gretchen!