Nina. God have pity on me now. Don Felix, let me plead once more. Set Adrian free, and I will take his place in yon dark cell and welcome there the dagger that shall set me free.
Don Felix. And wilt thou wear the chains? Wilt enter that lone cell and perish there? Canst thou do this?
Nina. Ay, gladly will I suffer pain, captivity, and death, for thee, Adrian, for thee.
Don Felix. Then woman's love is stronger than man's hate, and I envy him you would die for, Nina.
Nina. Ah, love alone can make home blest, and here it dwells not. I can free him from his fetters and his hated wife. Tell him I loved him to the last, and blessed him ere I died. Lead on, my lord, I am ready.
Don Felix [aside]. I thought I had steeled my heart with hatred and revenge; but oh, they pass away before such holy love as this. Would I could win her to myself, for she would lead me on to virtue and to happiness. Yet one more trial and she may be mine at last.
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