LANCIOTTO. [Laughing.] Then do not ask him!
[Exeunt SOLDIERS with the body.]
By Jupiter, I shall go mad, I think!
[Walks about.
CAPTAIN. Something disturbs him. Do you mark the spot
Of purple on his brow? [Apart to a SOLDIER.
SOLDIER. Then blood must flow.
LANCIOTTO. Boy, boy! [Enter a PAGE.] My cloak and riding staff. Quick, quick!
How you all lag! [Exit PAGE.] I ride to Rimini.
Skirmish to-morrow. Wait till my return—
I shall be back at sundown. You shall see
What slaughter is then!
CAPTAIN. Ho! turn out a guard!—
LANCIOTTO. I wish no guard; I ride alone.
[Re-enter PAGE, with a cloak and staff.]
[Taking them.] Well done!
Thou art a pretty boy.—And now my horse!
Enter a SOLDIER.
SOLDIER. Pluto is saddled—
LANCIOTTO. 'Tis a damned black lie!
SOLDIER. Indeed, my lord—