ACT II

Scene 1. A room in the earl of Kent's palace. An inner room rear, cut off by curtains. Kent alone.

Kent. Now, Eleanor, wilt prove thee saint, or devil?

Wilt mend this breach, or must I perish in it?

Too well I know that soul's dark history

To think it may breed light. The moment globes

The years' full character; a whole life's face

Peeps out in smallest deeds. Yet wonders are.

And Eleanor may prove false to herself

To once keep faith with Heaven.