Lello! Have I dreamed?
(Rising, with anguish.)
Did Laura come to me out of the night—
Come as the first voice breaking beyond death
To one despairing?
And was I lifted up to Heaven's dawn?
And then ...
(Reels.)
God! am I falling...? shall I ever...?
Down this...? ... My friend stay with me!
No, go ... and take them with you—Sancia—all!...
I have slain the Spring forever!
The green of the whole fair world!... O Laura! Laura!
(Sinks down on the couch and buries his face in his arms. Lello goes sorrowfully out.)
The End.
