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Scene II] Macbeth 41 

Lady Macbeth. Alack, I am afraid they have 
awak'd, 
And 'tis not done : the attempt and not the deed 
Confounds us. Hark ! I laid their daggers ready ; 
He could not miss 'em. Had he not resembled 
My father as he slept, I had done 't. 

Enter Macbeth 

My husband ! 
Macbeth. I have done the deed. Didst thou not 

hear a noise? 
Lady Macbeth. I heard the owl scream and the 
crickets cry. 
Did not you speak? 

Macbeth. When? 

Lady Macbeth. Now. 

Macbeth. As I descended? 

Lady Macbeth. Ay. 
Macbeth. Hark ! 
Who lies i' the second chamber? 

Lady Macbeth. Donalbain. 

Macbeth. This is a sorry sight. 90 

[Looking on his hands. 
Lady Macbeth. A foolish thought, to say a sor- 
ry sight. 
Macbeth. There's one did laugh in's sleep, and 
one cried 'Murder !' 
That they did wake each other. I stood and heard 
them: 



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