Today I shall take you back to Perugia. Will throw you at King Pietro's feet——
ALMA.
Oh, do not let me hear of that again! Can I leave you when death threatens you daily?
THE KING.
It would be better for you to wear man's clothes, instead of a woman's dress, in the future. It is marvel enough that Providence has protected you until today from the horrors that threaten you in our wanderings! You will be safer in man's clothes. A countryman just passed this way. When he comes back he will take me with him and give me work on his place.
ALMA.
Will you really seek again to put yourself in the service of those so abyssmally beneath you?
THE KING.
What are you saying, my child! Why are they below me?——Besides, it is not quite certain that he will find me worthy of his work. If he asks me to go with him, then follow us, so that I can turn my place under his roof over to you at night.
ALMA.