Aym. (grasping his arm.) What have you done—speak!
Rai. You should know the tale
Of our dark ancestor, the Lion-Chief,
And his son’s bride.
Aym. Man! man! you murder’d her!
[Sinking back.
It grows so dark around me! She is dead!
(Wildly.) I’ll not believe it! No! she never look’d
Like what could die!
[Goes up to his brother.