I go, and it is done: the bell invites me.
Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell
That summons thee to heaven, or to hell. [Exit.
Scene II. The same.[3958]
Enter Lady Macbeth.
Lady M. That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold;
What hath quench'd them hath given me fire. Hark! Peace![3959]
It was the owl that shriek'd, the fatal bellman,[3959]
Which gives the stern'st good-night. He is about it:[3959]
The doors are open, and the surfeited grooms[3959] 5
Do mock their charge with snores: I have drugg'd their possets,[3959][3960]
That death and nature do contend about them,
Whether they live or die.
Macb. [Within] Who's there? what, ho![3961]
Lady M. Alack, I am afraid they have awaked
And 'tis not done: the attempt and not the deed[3962] 10
Confounds us. Hark! I laid their daggers ready;
He could not miss 'em. Had he not resembled[3963]
My father as he slept, I had done 't.[3964]
Enter Macbeth.
My husband!
Macb. I have done the deed. Didst thou not hear a noise?[3965]
Lady M. I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry. 15
Did not you speak?[3966]