They have been here three days waiting for your wedding.—You look very happy, Palomides….
PALOMIDES.
Who would not be happy, to have found what he sought? I was sad of old. But now the days seem lighter and more sweet than harmless birds in the hand…. And if old moments come again by chance, I draw near Astolaine, and you would think I threw a window open on the dawn…. She has a soul that can be seen around her,—that takes you in its arms like an ailing child and without saying anything to you consoles you for everything…. I shall never understand it at all.—I do not know how it can all be; but my knees bend in spite of me when I speak of it….
ALLADINE.
I want to go in again.
ABLAMORE.
[Seeing that ALLADINE and PALOMIDES look at each other stealthily.] This is little Alladine who has come hither from the heart of Arcady…. Take hands … Does that astonish you, Palomides?…
PALOMIDES.
My father….
[PALOMIDES' horse starts aside, frightening ALLADINE'S lamb.]