Ah, an intercessor of whom you would only too willingly have deprived me. Nature will take a shorter road to your heart with her grievances.
MELLEFONT.
You alarm me. Surely you have not----
Scene IV.
Arabella, Hannah, Mellefont, Marwood.
MELLEFONT.
What do I see? It is she! Marwood, how could you dare to----
MARWOOD.
Am I not her mother? Come, my Bella, see, here is your protector again, your friend, your .... Ah! his heart may tell him what more he can be to you than a protector and a friend.