King. Believest thou also that miracles still come to pass?
Queen. I believe in thee.
King. Then--[he stoops, but starts back with a shriek.] Blood! There is blood on it! Cölestine! Approach, lean down. Nearer. Thou hast asked me just now, only in pretence, where I ... I ask thee, with whom hast thou left the Prince?
Cölestin. Hans Lorbass was with him.
King. Alone?
Cölestin. Alone.
King. Yes?... It is well.... See how the red shines bright on the gray steel! The life that coursed within this blade cannot die--it lives--it lives and drags me down, a death-devoted man, unto a doubly shameful end.
Chancellor [to the Queen]. Speak again before this madness gains upon him!
Queen. My King.
King. Ha! The angel of destruction broods over us.... Where is thy child? Where is thy child?