DUKE.
And warn us when anyone is coming.
NANETTE.
[At the door.]
Don't fear! I'll stand good guard.
[Exit.
DIANE.
Father, why are you so moved?
DUKE.
But now, the mob seized some poor young girl they found without protection in the street. I heard of this and fearing for your life, I hurried here in awful agony of mind. Ah! Diane, this dread of peril to you is worse than the worst of deaths to me.