No More Learning

_Sieg. _ (_haughtily_).
The same you knew, sir, by that name; and _you! _ 150

_Gab. _ (_looking round_).
I recognise you both: father and son,
It seems. Count, I have heard that you, or yours,
Have lately been in search of me: I am here.

_Sieg. _ I have sought you, and have found you: you are charged
(Your own heart may inform you why) with such
A crime as---- [_He pauses_.

_Gab. _ Give it utterance, and then
I'll meet the consequences.

_Sieg. _ You shall do so--
Unless----

_Gab. _ First, who accuses me?

_Sieg.
_ All things,
If not all men: the universal rumour--
My own presence on the spot--the place--the time-- 160
And every speck of circumstance unite
To fix the blot on you.

_Gab. _ And on _me only? _
Pause ere you answer: is no other name,
Save mine, stained in this business?

_Sieg. _ Trifling villain!
Who play'st with thine own guilt! Of all that breathe
Thou best dost know the innocence of him
'Gainst whom thy breath would blow thy bloody slander.
But I will talk no further with a wretch,
Further than justice asks. Answer at once,
And without quibbling, to my charge.

_Gab. _ 'Tis false! 170

_Sieg. _ Who says so?

_Gab. _ I.