NATO [
jumps up and embraces Salome
]. Dear, dear mamma! dearest mamma, save me!
SALOME. Oh, rather would your mother be dead than to see this day!
NATO. Dear mamma, save me! save me, or I shall go into consumption! God is my witness!
SALOME [
weeping
]. The deuce take everything!
[Wipes away her tears.
NATO. Mamma, if you please, I would rather not marry at all. I will serve you here at home like a housemaid. Only make them stop this affair!