"I mean that I will kill myself,—I mean that the worst passions are contending within me,—I mean that I do not even recognise myself,—I mean that to my love for you I will sacrifice all that is most dear, most holy, most sacred amongst men, even if I become perjured and a parricide!"
"Oh! how you frighten me!"
"Paula, do you love me as I love you?"
"Am I not here?"
"Then you do love me?"
"Yes, oh yes!"
"Paula, let us fly; come—come."
"And your oaths?"
"Unheeded!"
"Your mother?"