Don Carlos (play)

SCENE XXIV.

PRINCESS EBOLI, FERIA, MEDINA SIDONIA, PARMA,

DOMINGO, and other grandees.

EBOLI (hurriedly and distractedly).

Where is the king? Where? I must speak with him.

[To FERIA.

Conduct me to him, duke!

FERIA.

The monarch is

Engaged in urgent business. No one now

Can be admitted.

EBOLI.

Has he signed, as yet,

The fatal sentence? He has been deceived.

DOMINGO (giving her a significant look at a distance).

The Princess Eboli!

EBOLI (going to him).

What! you here, priest?

The very man I want! You can confirm

My testimony!

[She seizes his hand and would drag him into the cabinet.

DOMINGO.

I? You rave, princess!

FERIA.

Hold back. The king cannot attend you now.

EBOLI.

But he must hear me; he must hear the truth

The truth, were he ten times a deity.

EBOLI.

Man, tremble at the anger of thy idol.

I have naught left to hazard.

[Attempts to enter the cabinet; ALVA rushes out, his eyes

sparkling, triumph in his gait. He hastens to DOMINGO,

and embraces him.

ALVA.

Let each church

Resound with high To Dennis. Victory

At length is ours.

DOMINGO.

What! Ours?

ALVA (to DOMINGO and the other GRANDEES).

Now to the king.

You shall hereafter hear the sequel from me.

ACT V.