PRINCE.
You are a poor observer. The daughter fell senseless into her mother's arms. This made the mother forget her rage. It was her daughter, not me, whom she spared, when, in a low voice, she uttered--what I myself had rather not have heard--had rather not have understood.
MARINELLI.
What means your Highness?
PRINCE.
Why this dissimulation? Answer me. Is it true or false?
MARINELLI.
And if it were true!
PRINCE.
If it were! It is, then--he is dead (in a threatening tone). Marinelli! Marinelli!