‘There is no art
To find the mind’s construction in the face:
He was a gentleman, on whom I built
An absolute trust.
O worthiest cousin, (addressing himself to Macbeth.)
The sin of my ingratitude e’en now
Was great upon me,’ etc.
Another passage to show that Shakespear lost sight of nothing that could in any way give relief or heightening to his subject, is the conversation which takes place between Banquo and Fleance immediately before the murder-scene of Duncan.
‘Banquo. How goes the night, boy?
Fleance. The moon is down: I have not heard the clock.