Desmond
My uncle, ah Heaven, I am in despair.
Arabella
All our schemes are ruined. Ah, Desmond, why do you love me so much?
It always makes you so unhappy. Really, I feel worse than you—no
hope—I am desolated.
Desmond
Desolated, you say?
Arabella
Desolated, desperate.
Desmond
What? You suffer?
Arabella
Oh, how unhappy I am.
Desmond Ah, what a joy for me! You have feelings. I am loved. I don't want anything else in the world. I want only your heart.
Lucy
You won't have that either.
Desmond But Lucy, is it really true that my uncle is back? What, in the very moment I was convinced we'd be happy forever. Ah Heaven, is there a misery equal to mine?
(Enter Tuneless.)