Malcolm wonders whether Macduff is a paid agent of Macbeth: "You may [deserve] of him through me, and wisdom to offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb t'appease an angry god (lines 17-20)."
He also questions why Macduff suddenly left his family unprotected to come to England:"Why in that rawness left you wife and child, those precious motives, those strong knots of love, without leave-taking?(lines 33-35).
To test Macduff, Malcolm says he is far worse than Macbeth and that it is Macbeth who will be revealed as the innocent lamb. Macduff states in response that it is Macbeth who is the truly evil character, thus securing Malcolm's trust.
Note: all line numbers are taken from the Folger Shakespeare Library edition of the text.
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