Charles (gasping): Ah!
Antonio: Why do you gasp?—Paula——
Charles: If she—the cliff!
Antonio: The cliff! The—?
(Staggers dizzily, then rushes out.
Charles: Let one go with him—bring
Us what hath passed—hath passed.
(A Soldier goes.
Paula (with uncontrollable terror): My lady!
Charles: Child,
I cannot bear thy voice upon my heart!
It hath a tone—a clutch—no more, no more!
I cannot bear it! We must wait. No hap
Has been—no hap, I think—surely no hap.
Enter Bardas deprecatingly, followed by Antonio.
Bardas: Antonio! not in the sea? You live?
Antonio: I say, where is she?