Part 56 (1/2)

It must be done!

SAVERNY

I cannot bear to hear Hih so bitterly, then weep; then keep So still! I hate to see him kiss that coffin

BRICHANTEAU

Yes--a fine coffin with no corpse in it!

SAVERNY

But I a in his heart

The corpse lies there

LAFFEMAS (_co back_)

Alas, the poor old man!

His eyes show plainly how he's suffering!

BRICHANTEAU (_low to Saverny_)

Who is that surly-looking man in black?

SAVERNY (_with gesture of ignorance_)

So at the castle?

BRICHANTEAU (_low_)

Crows Are also black and love the smell of death

Keep silence more than ever 'Tis a face That's treacherous and evil; it would make A madman prudent

[_The Marquis de Nangis re-enters; he is still absorbed in a deep reverie He walks slowly, does not appear to notice any one, and seats himself upon a bank of turf_

SCENE III

_The sais

LAFFEMAS (_approaching The Marquis_)

Marquis, we've lost much

He was a rare le my tears with yours

Young, handso God, respecting wo; Just in his actions, sensible in speech, A perfect nobleman, whom all revere!

To die so young! Most cruel fate! Alas!

[_The Marquis lets his head fall on his hands_

SAVERNY (_low to Brichanteau_)