Dol. You wished it——
Juan. Yes, my son; it was you that insisted upon it; and when you desire anything, what are we all for but to give you pleasure?
Laz. We have to bid farewell to Carmen. A farewell is a very sad and solemn thing, a thing beyond all consolation, and I have need to be consoled. Come, mother, to this side; come you also (to his father) to the other side; I must be between the two; and you must both tell me that this separation is a passing one, that we shall soon be all reunited to Carmen for ever—and, such other things as are said; though they may not be true they are said.
Dolores and Juan are seated at either side of Lazarus.
Dol. But they are true.
Juan. Why, nothing else was to happen.
Carmen approaches.
Car. Yes, Lazarus, we shall be reunited very soon.
Laz. (angrily). You must not come near. You keep off.
Car. (withdrawing in pain and anguish). Lazarus!