Why, what did I? I did nothing. I’ll go farther off.

– William Shakespeare

The Tempest, Act 3, Scene 2. Jester Trinculo’s response when Stephano threatens that if he interrupts the "monster" Caliban one word further he will make stock-fish of him. Trinculo moves upstage. It is actually an invisible Ariel who keeps interrupting Caliban, telling him that he is lying