SCENE II.
A Muffled Figure. — LUIS and PAUL.
PAUL. There's no need to watch, for hither
Some one comes.
LUIS. A lucky mortal
Am I, if the hour draws nigh
That will two revenges offer.*
Since this night there then will be
Naught to interrupt my project,
Slaying first this muffled figure
And then Philip. Slow and solemn
Comes this man again. I know him
By his gait. But whence this horror
That comes o'er me as I see him,
This strange awe that chills, that shocks me?
[footnote] *Asonante in o — e to the end of Scene VIII.
THE FIGURE. Luis Enius!
LUIS. Sir, I've seen you
Here the last two nights; your object?
If you call me, wherefore fly thus?
If 'tis me you seek, why mock me
By retiring?
THE FIGURE. Follow me,
Then you'll know my name.
LUIS. I'm stopped here
In this street by a little business.—
To be quite alone imports me.—
Wherefore first by killing you
I'll be free to kill another
[He draws his sword, but merely cuts the air.
Draw, then, draw your sword or not,
Thus the needful path I shorten
To two acts of vengeance. Heavens!
I but strike the air, cut nothing,
Sever nothing else. Quick! Paul,
Stop him as he stalks off yonder,
Near to you.
PAUL. I'm bad at stopping.