Pélléas and Mélisande; Alladine and Palomides; Home

by Maurice Maeterlinck

MÉLISANDE.

I see a rose in the shadows….

PÉLLÉAS.

Where?… I see only the boughs of the willow hanging over the wall….

MÉLISANDE.

Further down, further down, in the garden; further down, in the sombre green….

PÉLLÉAS.

It is not a rose…. I will go see by and by, but give me thy hand first; first thy hand….

MÉLISANDE.

There, there;… I cannot lean out further….