Nay more, for when thou takest away thyself,

Though in the smallest part, so much I die,—

And by this secret that divorces us

Am wholly slain. But tell it to me, Hubert,

And 'twill become another blessed bond,

To second union closer than the first

Re-sanctioning our souls.

[He is silent. Her rage overcomes her]

Unseal thy lips,

Or by the fires that flit now through my brain,