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 SCENE XII

Don Lorenzo, Juana, Doña Ángela. Afterwards Edward.

. [Enters precipitately.] The duchess!

. [Angrily, while Juana tears paper from him, and conceals it.] Again! leave me alone. What do you want?

. Lorenzo, Lorenzo.

. [Rushes in.] Don Lorenzo!

. You, also—go away, go all of you.

. Mercy upon us, what is this? What can it mean? What is the matter with you, Lorenzo? do be sensible.

. Away, away! I implore, if needs be I am ready to kneel to you, but only leave me. Oh, human selfishness! They think there is nothing else besides their passions and interests. Tomás, Ángela, Edward, the duchess—all of them. Ah, it is the dropping of water on the skull.

. But, sir, my mother is coming

. Yes, the duchess, tired of waiting, is coming.

. She says she is coming herself to seek the sage in his den.

. Then let her come. But leave me, leave me all of you, if you would not drive me wild.

. [To Edward.] It is impossible for your mother to see him in this state.

. Come, madam, we will go and keep her in the 128