Lady Macbeth and Macbeth have another talk about what has happened. Macbeth is deeply scarred, he has nightmares, he worries about Banquo and doesn’t see his guests. All Lady Macbeth can do little to ease his mind.
Naught’s had, all’s spent, Where our desire is got without content. ‘Tis safer to be that which we destroy than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.