Edward. Dearest!
Inés. So you see how grateful I ought to be to your mother, since it is not to you but to her that I owe my happiness.
Edward. You cruel girl! Don't you know what I should have done in spite of every obstacle? You feel it.
Inés. Yes. You would have obeyed and given me up.
Edward. Never,—for nothing, for nobody.
Inés. Will you swear it?
Edward. I swear it by all that is holy.
Inés. There, I am content.
Edward. And I most blissful.
SCENE VI
Inés, Edward, Juana, Don Lorenzo, and Dr. Tomás. Juana appears in door C. supported by Don Lorenzo and Dr. Tomás, stands for breath and then slowly advances; is poorly and darkly clad.
Edward. [Turning round.] What a sombre group! Why does this black cloud come to dim the azure of our heaven?
Inés. It is Juana, my father's nurse. Oh, it is quite a story. I will tell it to you afterwards.
Don Lorenzo. Easy, Juana, easy
Juana. Who is that young lady?
Don Lorenzo. Inés, my daughter. Come hither, Inés. [Inés approaches, followed by Edward.]
Juana. How very lovely! She looks like an angel. To find such a creature at one's side in the hour of eternal darkness would seem a presage of heaven.
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