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138 ping. Hides her face a moment.) Tt is only the waves. The tide is rising still. That’s all. Lucia

(Distraught.) Yes, rising, rising. Please leave me, Prince. No, no—please stay—a moment longer. (Frightened.) Forgive me. Something—a vision—flashed upon me out of darkness. I am confused. I fear. (To herself.) Oh, I have done this very thing before——

Medic But not with me, alas!

Lucia

(Goes to his side.) Forgive me. I thought only of myself. For a moment I forgot the work, the beauty that is his divine, his holy mission, Now I’m myself again. The water, the rising water — somehow — in some strange way—reminds me. Oh, I will be wise and loving in the neblest way. Looks130