Hush, hush!
Lucia
You look so strangely at me. Your face changes. Dios! (Frantic.) Speak to me, beloved! If you cannot forgive—say that you understand. Oh, what is it in your eyes? (Fear.)
[Dusk increases.
Paulo
(Tender whisper.) The night is coming—with her stars. In my eyes is only love. (Patiently.) There is nothing to forgive. (Embraces her for several moments. Then breaks suddenly away.) Where is the gold—the scarlet? (Bewildered. To Medici.) What is my Lord’s desire?
Lucia
(Screams.) Oh, I have killed—killed again.
[Falls.
Paulo