Ig. True?
Car. You do not answer, sir!
Ig. It is not true.
Car. You know it! You? And they still hope?
Ig. They do.
Car. Then we are playing with an enemy!
How do you know?... You traitor, too!... O Heaven!
’T is time now to be up or treachery
Will take us all asleep! (Goes from him)
Ig. (Following her) O madam! madam!
My heart is all your own!
Car. (Turning to him) Forgive me, friend,
And I will wrong no more these honest eyes.
But there is danger here, and we must strike!
We hold a nation’s future in our hands,
And now defence is virtue, patience crime!
Ig. Your majesty—
Car. (Not heeding) Shall we stand here and smile
Till rebel blows have shattered life and throne?
... Dupin shall drive these desperate people back—
This law be signed—