'Yes.'
'And renounce Marionetta?'
'No.'
'But you must renounce one.'
'I cannot.'
'And you cannot have both. What is to be done?'
'I must shoot myself.'
'Don't talk so, Scythrop. Be rational, my dear Scythrop. Consider, and make a cool, calm choice, and I will exert myself in your behalf.'
'Why should I choose, sir? Both have renounced me: I have no hope of either.'
'Tell me which you will have, and I will plead your cause irresistibly.'