CESARE.
[Leading her to the door.] What readiness!—
Answering, as a woman should, with answer
So even to my pleasure. [A knock.
Ah, is that your husband?
Who is it knocks? [He moves away and masks.
LUCREZIA.
But enter!
[The Lord Alexander VI. stands at the door.
CESARE.
[With a short laugh, unmasking.] Oh, my father!
LUCREZIA.
But enter, enter, Holiness.