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126 Paulo Love makes me quick. I think I guess. Lucia (Ashamed a little.) Listen! (They lis-

ten. The waves of the sea are audible beat- ing against the outer walls.) You hear?

Paulo

(Paitiently.) I hear, but I do not under- stand. It is the water only.

Lucia (Lower.) The rising water. (Pauses, while passing hand over her forehead.) Wor do I understand. It is my weakness, I sup- pose. All women have something that makes them fear without a reason, and this is mine—— Paulo (Protectively.} For which I love you all the more. For had you reasoned you would not have married me. (Zo himself.)