You know who waits there? [Pointing to the alcove.

Well!—and that 't is there

He meets the Nuncio? Well? Now, a surprise—

He there—

Dja. I know—

Loys. —is now no mortal's lord,

Is absolutely powerless—call him, dead—

He is no longer Prefect—you are Prefect!

Oh, shrink not! I do nothing in the dark,

Nothing unworthy Breton blood, believe!