When we're properly dressed for the cold, let's
meet and discuss this bloody crime to see if we can figure anything
out. Right now we're shaken up by fears and doubts.
I'm putting myself in God's hands, and with his
help I plan to fight against the secret plot that caused this
treasonous murder.
MACDUFF
And so do I.
MACDUFF
So will I.
ALL
So
all.
ALL
So will we all.
MACBETH
Let's briefly put on manly readiness,
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And meet i' th' hall together.
MACBETH
Let's get dressed quickly and then meet in the
hall.
ALL
Well
contented.
ALL
Agreed.
Exeunt all but MALCOLM and
DONALBAIN
Everyone exits except MALCOLM and
DONALBAIN.
MALCOLM
What will you do? Let's not consort with them.
To show an unfelt sorrow is an office
Which the false man does easy. I'll to England.
MALCOLM
What are you going to do? Let's not stay here with them.
It's easy for a liar to pretend to feel sorrow when he
actually feels none. I'm going to England.
DONALBAIN
To Ireland, I. Our separated fortune
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Shall keep us both the safer. Where we are,
There's daggers in men's smiles. The near in
blood,
The nearer bloody.
DONALBAIN
I'll go to Ireland. We'll both be safer if we go
separate ways. Wherever we go, men will smile at us while hiding
daggers. Our closest relatives are the ones most likely to murder
us.
MALCOLM
This murderous shaft that's shot
Hath not yet lighted, and our safest way
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Is to avoid the aim. Therefore, to horse,
And let us not be dainty of leave-taking,
But shift away. There's warrant in that theft
Which steals itself when there's no mercy left.
MALCOLM
We haven't yet encountered that danger, and the best
thing to do is avoid it entirely. With that in mind, let's
get on our horses. We'd better not worry about saying
polite good-byes; we should just get away quickly. There's
good reason to escape when there's no mercy to be found
anymore.
