[Throwing her off.] It is not my father I am betraying!
Elizabeth.
[Letting go.] Thank Heaven for that! Oh, child! put all your faith in him, and, whatever you suffer, you will never be lonely or forsaken!
[Exit Elizabeth, as Adene appears on the steps, pen in hand.
Adene.
I have just been writing——
Vera.
You are perfectly determined to go?
Adene.