PORTER.
Yes, yes; pour on water; pour on water; pour on all the water of the
Flood! You will never come to the end of it….
SCENE II.—A forest. MÉLISANDE discovered at the brink of a spring.
Enter GOLAUD.
GOLAUD.
I shall never be able to get out of this forest again.—God knows where that beast has led me. And yet I thought I had wounded him to death; and here are traces of blood. But now I have lost sight of him; I believe I am lost myself—my dogs can no longer find me—I shall retrace my steps….—I hear weeping…. Oh! oh! what is there yonder by the water's edge?… A little girl weeping by the water's edge? [He coughs.]—She does not hear me. I cannot see her face. [He approaches and touches MÉLISANDE on the shoulder.] Why weepest thou? [MÉLISANDE trembles, starts up, and would flee.]—Do not be afraid. You have nothing to fear. Why are you weeping here all alone?
MÉLISANDE.
Do not touch me! do not touch me!
GOLAUD.
Do not be afraid…. I will not do you any…. Oh, you are beautiful!