ASTOLAINE.
No, no; they know what they are saying….
THE VOICE OF ALLADINE.
It was the light that had no pity on us….
THE VOICE OF PALOMIDES.
Where goest thou, Alladine? Thou'rt being borne away….
THE VOICE OF ALLADINE.
I have no more regret to lose the light o' the sun….
THE VOICE OF PALOMIDES.
Yes, yes; we shall behold the sweet green things again!…
THE VOICE OF ALLADINE.
I have lost desire to live….
[A silence; then more and more faintly:]
THE VOICE OF PALOMIDES.
Alladine!…
THE VOICE OF ALLADINE.
Palomides!…
THE VOICE OF PALOMIDES.
Alla … dine!…
[A silence.—Astolaine and the sisters of Palomides listen, in anguish. Then the nurse opens, from the inside, the door of Palomides' room, appears on the sill, makes a sign, and all enter the room. The door doses behind them. A new silence. A little afterwards, the door of Alladine's room opens in its turn; the other nurse comes out in like manner, looks about in the corridor, and, seeing no one, re-enters the room, leaving the door wide open.]