Speak! must they live or die?
Gon. (in violent emotion.) Is it heaven’s will
To try the dust it kindles for a day,
With infinite agony! How have I drawn
This chastening on my head! They bloom’d around me,
And my heart grew too fearless in its joy,
Glorying in their bright promise!—If we fall,
Is there no pardon for our feebleness?
Hernandez, without speaking, holds up a cross before him.
Abd. Speak!