And yet endurest them! Shalt thou die for me,

Purest and loveliest being?—but our fate

May not divide us long. Her cheek is cold—

Her deep blue eyes are closed: should this be death

—If thus, there yet were mercy! Father, father!

Is thy heart human?

Pro. Bear her hence, I say!

Why must my soul be torn?

Anselmo enters holding a Crucifix.

Ans. Now, by this sign