MARINELLI (aside).
The father! This completes the business.
ODOARDO.
Pardon a father, sir, who is in the greatest embarrassment, for entering unannounced.
ORSINA.
Father!--(turning round again)--Of Emilia, no doubt! Ha! Thou art welcome.
ODOARDO.
A servant came in haste to tell me that my family was in danger near here. I flew hither, he mentioned, and found that Count Appiani has been wounded--and carried back to town--and that my wife and daughter have found refuge in the palace. Where are they, sir, where are they?
MARINELLI.
Be calm, Colonel. Your wife and daughter have sustained no injury save from terror. They are both well. The Prince is with them. I will immediately announce you.