The Inquisition!
You mean—he may be sought by it and seized,
Held in the trammels of it for a truth
That ...! Do you mean, Bianca, Osio,
That now, at any hour—?... Oh, he must go!
[Hears noise at gate.
And quickly! In, Rizzio, in, for they—!
[The gate opens and Matteo entering stops amazed and alarmed.
Rizzio (with laughing relief).
Now, now, do you not see your apprehension!