Blan. Yea, my liege,

Now the black cloud has fallen from the sun;

But cannot guess why, at an hour like this,

And thus disguised—Oh, let me know at once

Whether in mercy or new wrath you come

To this most wretched house!

King. In neither, Blanca;

But in the execution of the trust

That Heaven has given to kings.

Blan. And how, my liege,