Ascasto. Can She Not Speak

Ascasto. Can she not speak ?
Oswald. If speech be only in accented sounds,
Framed by the tongue and lips, the maiden 's dumb ;
But if by quick and apprehensive look,
By motion, sign, and glance, to give each meaning,
Express as clothed in language, be term'd speech,
She hath that wondrous faculty ; for her eyes,
Like the bright stars of heaven, can hold discourse,
Though it be mute and soundless.