Viol. Something must be done. Either I will save his life, Elvira, or die with him. Have you the key?
Elv. I have one; my lord has the master-key.
Viol. Yours will do, give it me. I am desperate, Elvira, and in his danger drown my maiden shame; see him I will at least. Do you rest here and give me a warning if a footstep come.
(She enters centre door.)
Scene IV.—An inner Chamber in Urrea’s House.
Lope discovered.
Lope. Whither then have they brought me? Ah, Violante,
Your beauty costs me dear! And even now
I count the little I have yet to live
Minute by minute, like one last sweet draught,