But she said she must question him, and bade them retire for a little space.
Slowly and angrily they departed, and left her standing alone with him in the Temple.
“So at last thou art in my power. There is no hope for thee.”
“I do not fear thee.”
“Now swear—swear that from this hour thou wilt think no more of Adalgisa, and I will give thee life, and thou shalt go from before mine eyes.”
“Dost thou know that my rage is terrible?”
“I fear not thy rage.”
“And thy children?”
As she spoke he trembled, and with a cry of joy she cried out that he feared her at last.