[Tenderly] Do you want me to go back?

DACIA

I? What have I to do with it?

HELIOGABALUS

You have everything to do with it. Do you want me to?

DACIA

[Half a whisper] No.

[There ensues a long kiss. The arm of coincidence provides a dreamy tune from the band behind the hangings]

HELIOGABALUS

Let us cut the banquet! To hell with the banquet! What do you say?