He
Because I love you. Look at my kind eyes and drink; give yourself up to my charms, goddess! You shall fall asleep, and wake again, as before. Do you remember? And you shall see your country, your sky....
Consuelo
[Bringing the glass to her lips]: I shall see all this; is that true?
He
[Growing paler]: Yes! Awake, goddess, and remember the time when, covered with snow-white sea-foam, thou didst emerge from the sky blue waters. Remember heaven, and the low eastern wind, and the whisper of the foam at thy marble feet....
Consuelo
[Drinking]: There! Look! Just a half! Take it. But what is the matter with you? Are you laughing or crying?
He
I am laughing and crying.