Marie.
The day before yesterday, when I read your book, I felt it for the first time.
George.
And now, it is too late----
Marie.
Yes, now it is too late! Had I felt then as I do now, I would not have resisted you----
George.
Marie, do you know what you are saying?
Marie.
[Breaking out.] Oh I don't care, I don't care! It is my fate. You must rule and govern--and I--I must serve; and in the end--we both must die----