Read the excerpt from act 4, scene 2 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Ross and Lady Macduff are discussing Macduff’s flight from the kingdom. Here, Ross is warning Lady Macduff against losing trust in herself and her instincts.[Ross.] I dare not speak much further;But cruel are the times, when we are traitorsAnd do not know ourselves, when we hold rumourFrom what we fear, yet know not what we fear