Asef. O noble friend!...
Juarez! He knows?

Raf. Not yet.

Asef. What grief for that
Great heart!... But you are here—my Rafael!

Raf. By all these kisses—yes!

Asef. These are your lips—
Your eyes—your hands—alive! I hear your heart!
Your arms are round me, yet this is the earth!
My country and my husband safe!

Raf. God gives
Some moments out of Heaven, and this is one!

(Enter a soldier)

Sol. The Emperor is captured by Escobedo!

Princess S. Not killed! not killed! Thank Heaven for that!

Sol. ’t was strange
To see him stand like this (folds his arms) among the shells!