ARKËL.
Thou wouldst leave before thy brother's return?—Perhaps thy friend is less ill than he thinks….
PÉLLÉAS
His letter is so sad you can see death between the lines…. He says he knows the very day when death must come…. He tells me I can arrive before it if I will, but that there is no more time to lose. The journey is very long, and if I await Golaud's return, it will be perhaps too late….