VERRINA (in a determined tone). I rise then, and will no longer irritate thee. (They stand on a board leading to a galley.) The prince must take precedence. FIESCO. Why do you pull my cloak? It falls---- VERRINA (with bitter irony). If the purple falls the duke must after it. (He pushes him into the sea.) FIESCO (calls out of the waves). Help, Genoa! Help! Help thy duke! (Sinks.) SCENE XVII. CALCAGNO, SACCO, ZIBO, ZENTURIONE, Conspirators, People. CALCAGNO (crying out). Fiesco! Fiesco! Andreas is returned--half Genoa joins Andreas. Where is Fiesco? VERRINA (in a firm tone). Drowning. ZENTURIONE. Does hell or madness prompt thy answer? VERRINA. Drowned--if that sound better. I go to join Andreas. (The CONSPIRATORS stand in groups, astonished. The curtain falls.)