ARKËL.
It is thy … thy husband…. It is Golaud….
MÉLISANDE.
Golaud is here? Why does he not come by me?
GOLAUD (dragging himself toward the bed.)
Mélisande … Mélisande….
MÉLISANDE.
Is it you, Golaud? I should hardly recognize you any more…. It is the evening sunlight in my eyes…. Why look you on the walls? You have grown thin and old…. Is it a long while since we saw each other?
GOLAUD (to ARKËL and the PHYSICIAN).
Will you withdraw a moment, if you please, if you please?… I will leave the door wide open…. One moment only…. I would say something to her; else I could not die…. Will you?—Go clear to the end of the corridor; you can come back at once, at once…. Do not refuse me this…. I am a wretch…. [Exit ARKËL and the PHYSICIAN.]—Mélisande, hast thou pity on me, as I have pity on thee?… Mélisande?… Dost thou forgive me, Mélisande?…