Stay here--you can leave only over my corpse. I am not afraid of
you!--do you understand? In a moment they will be here. You wish for
proofs--you shall have them. From the piazza you cannot hear them, but
you can see them. You shall be persuaded with your own eyes--perhaps
you will regret your impetuosity.
George (after a while).--Very well, then. May God grant that I was
mistaken! Thank you--but you must not leave me now.
Doctor.--One word more. No matter what happens I shall consider you a
villain if you place her life in peril by any outburst.
George.--Granted. Where shall we go?
Doctor.--On the piazza. But you have fever--you are already shaking.
George.--I am out of breath. Some one is coming. Let us be going.
SCENE VIII.
Drahomir. Then Stella.
Drahomir.--The last evening and the last time. (After a while.) O
Lord, thy will be done!
Stella (enters).--The Doctor told me that you wished to see me.
Drahomir.--Yes, madam. Pray forgive my boldness. A very important
affair calls me home. I come to bid you good-bye.
Stella.--You are going away?
Drahomir.--To day I am going to Swietlenice, to-morrow still further.
(A moment of silence.)
Stella.--Yes, it is necessary.
Drahomir.--Life has flown like a dream--it is time to wake up.
Stella.--Shall we see each other again?
Drahomir.--If God permits it.
Stella.--Then let us shake hands in farewell.
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