Don Carlos (play)

SCENE VII.

DON CARLOS (with letters in his hand), and MARQUIS POSA

enter from opposite sides.

CARLOS.

I am resolved-Flanders shall yet be saved:

So runs her suit, and that's enough for me!

MARQUIS.

There's not another moment to be lost:

'Tis said Duke Alva in the cabinet

Is named already as the governor.

CARLOS.

Betimes to-morrow will I see the king

And ask this office for myself. It is

The first request I ever made to him,

And he can scarce refuse. My presence here

Has long been irksome to him. He will grasp

This fair pretence my absence to secure.

And shall I confess to thee, Roderigo?

My hopes go further. Face to face with him,

'Tis possible the pleading of a son

May reinstate him in his father's favor.

He ne'er hath heard the voice of nature speak;

Then let me try for once, my Roderigo,

What power she hath when breathing from my lips.

MARQUIS.

Now do I hear my Carlos' voice once more;

Now are you all yourself again!