Scene VII
THE INCA COMES TO INVESTIGATE
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Scene 7
The garden in the palace of Virgins of the Sun (same scene as Act III, Scene 5). Stone door more visible.
- (Enter the Inca Tupac Yupanqui with Yma Sumac, Ollantay, Uillac Uma and Rumi-ñaui; Urco Huaranca, Hanco Huayllu and Piqui Chaqui in the background.)
Tupac Yupanqui. But this is the Aclla Huasi;[1]
My child, art thou not mistaken?
Where is thy imprisoned mother?
Yma Sumac. In a dungeon within these bounds
My mother has suffered for years,
Perhaps even now she is dead.
- (She points to the stone door.)
Tupac Yupanqui. What door is this?
- (Enter Mama Ccacca and Pitu Salla. Mama Ccacca kneels and kisses the Inca's hand.)
Mama Ccacca. Is it a dream or reality,
That I behold my sovereign?
Tupac Yupanqui. Open that door.
- (Mama Ccacca opens the door.)
- (Cusi Coyllur discovered chained and fainting, with a puma and a snake, one on each side of her.)
Yma Sumac. my mother, I feared to find
That you had already passed away;
Pitu Salla! Haste. Bring water.
Perhaps my dove may still revive.
[Exit Pitu Salla.
- ↑ Aclla, chosen; Huasi, house: palace of the Virgins of the Sun.
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