"Every needful preparation for our marriage has been made; the minister and attesting witnesses are in the next room."
"I know it."
"They may enter, may they not, madame?"
"One word, my lord. I wish to see my daughter."
"That is impossible!"
"I repeat, my lord, that I earnestly desire to see my child."
"She is but just recovering from a severe illness, and she has undergone one violent shock to-day; the interview you ask might be fatal to her."
"Nay, my lord, she may be permitted to embrace her mother without danger to herself."
"Why should she run the risk? You are now a sovereign princess!"
"Not yet, my lord; nor do I intend to be until I have embraced my daughter!"