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GARCIO.

I thank thee, courteous maid.

[Exit Sophera, followed by Garcio; and the Countess, after a thoughtful pause, is about to break into strong exclamations, when, perceiving Rovani, she checks herself and goes out hastily.)

ROVANI (coming forward, and looking after her).

All is not well: that step, those looks, those gestures,

So quickly check'd when she perceiv'd me near,
Betray too visibly a mind disturb'd
And far remov'd from joy. Garcio is come
Unwelcomely upon her. Yet that burst
Of what appear'd like tenderness and love
When he caress'd his child!—I cannot think
She has in act been false; tho' much I doubt.

Enter Gonzalos behind him.

GONZALOS.

Ha! mutt'ring to thyself! what are thy thoughts?

ROVANI.

Faith! ill-condition'd, moody, foolish thoughts,

Such as lone men, whose heart no kind mate cheers,
Alone could harbour.—Heaven forgive me for it!