Alas—he swooned? Where is he? Is he ill?
CAPO.
Unnecessary questions, child: Of course
He swooned. Where is he? He’s in love,
Of course, and so of course is deathly ill.
TURANDOT
Oh, by the simple truth you’ve torn from me,
Do not, I beg, speak sideling, but straight out:
That beggar whom I love—how fares he now?
Where have you left him?