With this lie coiled about me, choking me!

No, no, D'Ormea! You venture life, you say,

Upon my father's perfidy: and I

Have, on the whole, no right to disregard

The chains of testimony you thus wind

About me; though I do—do from my soul

Discredit them: still I must authorize

These measures, and I will. Perugia!

[Many Officers enter.] Count—

You and Solar, with all the force you have,