NAAMAN:

Why that should be,--O dare I dream it true?

Tsarpi, my wife? Have I misjudged thy heart

As cold and proud? How nobly thou forgivest!

Thou com'st to hold me from the last disgrace,--

The coward's flight into the dark. Go back

Unstained, my sword! Life is endurable

While there is one alive on earth who loves us,

RUAHMAH:

My lord,--my lord,--O listen! You have erred,--