A prison.—Veniero discovered.—Beltramo enters with a lamp.
Veniero.
Set down the lamp—there—where its beams may pierce
Farthest into the gloom. ‘Alack, the rays
‘Faint ere they half can journey to these walls,
‘Though sooth, they are not spacious.’—You have orders,
Remember, to admit my child. Retire. [Exit Beltramo.
A dark dawn, truly, for the gorgeous day
That waits upon my fortunes; but its noon
Will shine the brighter. Can he fail me now?