A demon in your blood to strike poor Glaia,—

And too-dear love of me which vainly hoped

To give me peace where never peace could be.

O, look not so! At God's own throne 'twill be

Forgiven thee, for surely thou wert tried

As Heaven tries its own.

Kent. Art mad at last?

Thy crime confessed to all the world, and yet

Denied to me, the only heart that knows? [She gazes at him, bewildered]

Poor soul, her madness has been slow enough.