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38 Macbeth [Act II 

Sent forth great largess to your offices : 
This diamond he greets your wife withal, 
By the name of most kind hostess ; and shut up 
In measureless content. 

Macbeth. Being unprepar'd, 

Our will became the servant to defect, 
Which else should free have wrought. 

Banquo. All's well. 

I dreamt last night of the three weird sisters : 2 o 

To you they have show'd some truth. 

Macbeth. I think not of them : 

Yet, when we can entreat an hour to serve, 
We would spend it in some words upon that busi- 
ness, 
If you would grant the time. 

Banquo. At your kind'st leisure. 

Macbeth. If you shall cleave to my consent, 
when 'tis, 
It shall make honour for you. 

Banquo. So I lose none 

In seeking to augment it, but still keep 
My bosom franchis'd and all«giance clear, 
I shall be counsell'd. 

Macbeth. Good repose the while ! 

Banquo. Thanks, sir ; the like to- you ! 30 

[Exeunt Banquo and Fleance. 

15, 16. This hostess. Explain the dramatic 

irony here.