There—seize that wretch who came to kill Imperial Caesar!
(Agerinus is seized. Nero turns to Anicetus.)
Hasten! Do your will!
(Nero turns, and with an eager expression on his face, goes doddering after Poppaea.)
III
(The same night. Agrippina’s private chamber in her villa at Bauli near Baiae. There is one lamp in the room. At the center back is a broad door closed with heavy hangings. At the right is an open window through which the moonlight falls. Agrippina is discovered lying on a couch. One maid, Nina, is in attendance and is arranging Agrippina’s hair.)
Agrippina
He was so tender—what should kindness mean?
(The maid seems not to hear.)
I spoke!—you heard me speak?