LUCIA
[Bursting into tears] Then you don't love me! Then you told me a falsehood! You aren't a Christian! I—I—I—
[Quite undone by her feelings, she suddenly hides her face in her hands, darts to the left-hand door, swings it open, runs out, and slams it after her]
HELIOGABALUS
[Starting toward the door after her] My dear girl, I—
PAULA
[Resolutely] Let her go!
HELIOGABALUS
But she'll catch cold out there. Remember, she has on a very light—