Vera. I would not go. My place is with Alexander. [Softly] You ought to understand that, princess.
Soph. [To Korelenko] She is a child. She did not know. You should have gone with her.
Kore. Your highness, that was impossible.
Soph. It was not! All was prepared——
Kore. [To Adrian] Does she know?
Soph. That I am betrayed? Yes, but the man entrusted with the evidence happened to be a devoted servant of my own—[Alexander groans] He will fall! And you—Adrian—what is the matter?
Kore. [Steadying himself against the loom and clasping Vera] I have thrown our lives away—mine and Vera's—that is all.
Soph. Why couldn't you go with her?
Kore. Because it was I who betrayed you. And could I accept life and love at your hands?
Soph. [Shrinking] You? But why——