[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?