Ara. No, no! dear Heaven! See!
[Opens door, left] This inner room.
It has a hidden stairway to the sea
Where waits a boat will bear you to a sail
New-spread for Greece, with crew that know the wave
As though begot of mermaids.
Aris. No! To make
Presumptuous end of life is an offence
To Heaven, but gracious gods may offer death
For honorable choice—as they do now—