will?"
"You may kiss them for the honor the king on thee bestows,
In wedlock take my daughter's hand, and your sworn troth
fulfill."
Count Yanno, when he heard these words, was struck with
mortal dread.
"My royal master, I 've a wife with whom I live in bliss."
"Go kill your wife without delay, and then my daughter wed."
"What! kill my wife, so innocent! What black command is
this!"