And you are Luria, our great chief again!

Or at the worst—which worst were best of all—

To exile or to death I follow you!

Lur. Thanks, Puccio! Let me use the privilege

You grant me: if I still command you,—stay!

Remain here, my vicegerent, it shall be,

And not successor: let me, as of old,

Still serve the State, my spirit prompting yours—

Still triumph, one for both. There! Leave me now!

You cannot disobey my first command?