GOLAUD (affecting a sudden calm).
You will do as you may please, look you.—I attach no importance to that.—I am too old; and, besides, I am not a spy. I shall await chance; and then … Oh! then!… simply because it is the custom; simply because it is the custom…. [Exit.
ARKËL.
What ails him?—He is drunk?
MÉLISANDE (in tears).
No, no; he does not love me any more…. I am not happy!… I am not happy!…
ARKËL.
If I were God, I would have pity on men's hearts….