THE PRINCE. (confusedly) It is not true that nothing has changed. My mind is in a turmoil. I am dizzy, I cannot see. I have almost forgotten why I set my heart on this journey. You have bewitched me, and that is why I fear you. If I stay here with you any longer, I shall forget everything. I must go.
THE QUEEN. (her arms about him) You have forgotten the meaning of your journey. You will not go.
THE PENCE. I am going. . . .
But he allows himself to be led to the arbour seat.
THE QUEEN. It is too late. You are mine, now, mine for ever. It was for this that you came hither—I am the meaning of your journey. It was ordained that you love me. You must not think of anything else.
THE PRINCE. Why have you done this to me? Are you a witch? I am afraid of you!
He rises.
THE QUEEN. I will teach you strange and terrible secrets.
THE PRINCE. I fear you and yet I trust you. What will come of this I do not know. But I care for nothing. Nothing in the world means anything to me now except you. Why is it that I seem to hate you?
He seizes her and holds her fiercely.