LANCIOTTO. Dear lady,
I have a share in your embarrassment,
And know the feelings that possess you now.
FRANCESCA. O! you do not.
PAOLO. [Advancing.] My lady—
LANCIOTTO. Gentle brother,
Leave this to me. [PAOLO retires.
FRANCESCA. Pray do not send him off.
LANCIOTTO. 'Tis fitter so.
FRANCESCA. He comforts me.
LANCIOTTO Indeed?
Do you need comfort?
FRANCESCA. No, no—pardon me!
But then—he is—you are—
LANCIOTTO. Take breath, and speak.