See, see, our honour’d hostess!
The love that follows us sometime is our trouble,
Which still we thank as love. Herein I teach you
How you shall bid God ‘ield us for your pains,
And thank us for your trouble.
– William Shakespeare
Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 6. There is a grand irony in King Duncan’s words, as he thanks his hostess for her love and hospitality and jokes about how people go to a lot of trouble for him. He doesn’t realize that the kind of reception Lady Macbeth has in store of him – she plans to kill him that night!