LEONORA (violently agitated.) No! This is unheard-of cruelty.
CALCAGNO. Heaven and earth! Do I behold you in tears?
LEONORA. Thou art a friend of my inhuman—Away, leave my sight!
CALCAGNO. Whom do you call inhuman? You affright me——
LEONORA. My husband. Is he not so?
CALCAGNO. What do I hear!
LEONORA. 'Tis but a piece of villany common enough among your sex!
CALCAGNO (grasping her hand with vehemence). Lady, I have a heart for weeping virtue.
LEONORA. You are a man—your heart is not for me.
CALCAGNO. For you alone—yours only. Would that you knew how much, how truly yours——