[AURELIA has entered from the side, hut-stops frightened at the sight of those who are leaving; when they are gone she approaches CATILINE.]
AURELIA. [Gently reprimanding.] Again these stormy comrades in your house? O Catiline—!
CATILINE. This was their final visit. I bade them all farewell. Now every bond Forevermore is broken that bound me fast And fettered me to Rome.
AURELIA. I've gathered up Our bit of property. Not much perhaps;— Yet, Catiline, enough for our contentment.
CATILINE. [Engrossed in thought.] More than enough for me who squandered all.
AURELIA. Oh, brood no more on things we can not change;— Forget what—
CATILINE. Happy he who could forget,— Who could the memory tear from out his soul, The many hopes, the goal of all desires. Ah, time is needed ere I reach that state; But I shall struggle—
AURELIA. I shall help you strive; You shall be comforted for all your loss. Yet we must leave as soon as possible. Here life calls to you with a tempter's voice. Is it not so,—we go this very night?
CATILINE. Yes, yes,—we leave this very night, Aurelia!
AURELIA. The little money left I've gathered up; And for the journey it will be enough.