VERONIKA
O my God!
PIPER
[offering her water]
Drink here. Take heart. O Woman, they must stay!
'T is better so. No, no, I mock thee not.
Thou foldest all about me like the Dark
That holds the stars. I would I were thy child.|
VERONIKA
But I will find him. I will find him—
PIPER
No,
It must not be! Their life is bound with mine.
If I be harmed, they perish. Keep that word,
Go, go!
VERONIKA [passionately] My longing will bring back my Own.
PIPER
Ah, long not so.
VERONIKA
Yes, it will bring him back!
He breathes. And I will wish him home to me,
Till my heart break!
PIPER
Hearts never break in Hamelin.
Go, then; and teach those other ones to long;
Wake up those dead!
VERONIKA
Peace. I shall draw him home.
PIPER
Not till he cries for thee.