You shall see.
FABIANI (aside).
To-morrow's sun must not rise for this man. [Aloud.] Friend, listen to me. Go into your house. I am sorry you found it out, but I leave the beauty to you. Go in.
[He throws a key down at Gilbert's feet.
There is a key, if you haven't got one. Or, if you like it better, you can knock against the shutter three times and Jane will think it is I, and let you in. Good-night. [He goes off.
SCENE VIII
GILBERT (alone).
He is gone. He is no longer here. I did not grind and crush him beneath my feet. I had to let him go. Not a weapon about me.
[He sees on the ground the dagger with which Lord Clanbrassil killed the Jew; he picks it up with fearful haste.
Ah, you come too late; you can probably kill no one but myself. All the same, whether you fall from heaven or are vomited up from hell, I bless you. My Jane has betrayed me! Jane has given herself to this infamous man. Jane is the heiress of Lord Talbot. Jane is lost to me! O God! more terrible things have come to me in this hour than my brain can stand.