So gentle with me, that I cannot think

Of quitting.

Sal.‍So—this feminine farewell

Ends as such partings end, in no departure.

I thought as much, and yielded against all

My better bodings. But it must not be.

Zar. Not be?

Sal.‍Remain, and perish——

Zar.‍With my husband——

Sal. And children.