In the meantime, Romeo had found refuge in Friar Laurence’s monastery. The news that he was banished from Verona shocked him too.
“There is no world outside Verona walls, to be banished from here means to be banished from the world, it is only the wrong word for death!” he despaired. “Every cat, every dog, every little mouse, every thing can live here and look at Juliet, but Romeo cannot!”
The nurse, who came to the monastery looking for Romeo, reported that her mistress⁶ was absolutely disconsolate: she continued weeping, she sobbed⁷ and called out Tybalt’s and Romeo’s names. Hearing this, Romeo drew out his sword exclaiming, “Oh! I have stained⁸ the childhood of our joy! Tell me, father, tell me in what vile part of my anatomy does my name reside?”
He was ready to stab⁹ himself but Friar Laurence stopped him with these words, “What! You killed Tybalt and want to take your life! You want to kill your lady that lives in your life and that you promised to love for ever? Go to your Juliet and comfort her tonight! Tomorrow you must leave for Mantua.”
Dawn came. Romeo and Juliet realized that the moment to part had come. She tried to postpone it,

Will you be gone? It is not yet near day;
It was the nightingale¹⁰, and not the lark¹¹,
That pierced¹² the fearful hollow¹³ of your ear;
Nightly she sings on that pomegranate-tree¹⁴;
Believe me, love, it was the nightingale…