YOUNG DUCHESS
But where is Diego, meanwhile?
The Chorus and orchestra continue the dirge for ARIADNE. A GENTLEMAN-IN-WAITING elbows through the crowd to the CARDINAL.
GENTLEMAN (whispering)
Most Eminent, a word——
CARDINAL (whispering)
The Duke has had a return of his malady?
GENTLEMAN (whispering)
No, most Eminent. But Diego is nowhere to be found. And they have brought up behind the stage the body of a woman in Ariadne's weeds.
CARDINAL (whispering)