I was looking for you, Joyzelle.... (_Turning to Lancéor, with a threatening glance._) As for you, I know who you are and I know the reasons that have brought you to this island, the trick of this pretended shipwreck and the name of the enemy who sent you.... LANCÉOR. Me?... But it was a mere accident that flung me on this coast.... MERLIN. Let us waste no phrases. JOYZELLE. What has he done? MERLIN. He intended, alas, to do the basest thing that man can do: to betray kindness, deceive friendship and sell to the enemy the too generous host who was going to welcome him.... JOYZELLE. No! MERLIN. Why? Do you know him? JOYZELLE. Yes. MERLIN. Since when? JOYZELLE. Since I first saw him. MERLIN. And when did you see him? JOYZELLE. When he entered this room.... MERLIN. That is hardly.... JOYZELLE. It is enough. MERLIN. No, Joyzelle, and soon proofs and facts will show you that it is not enough and that an honest look, an innocent smile and ingenuous words often conceal more dangerous snares than those of thankless old age or of love that has but little hope.... JOYZELLE. What do you mean to do? MERLIN. I am waiting for the final certainty; and then I shall do what it is lawful and necessary to do to remove all fear of an enemy who would stop at nothing. The pitiless measures which I shall take concern your safety as much as my own; for the same plots surround us both and we are united by fate.... I can tell you no more to-day; have confidence in me; perhaps you already know that your happiness is mine.... JOYZELLE. You saved my life, I remember that.... MERLIN. You remember it without any kindliness: but I hope that one day you will do me justice.... (_To LANCÉOR._) As for you, go. The information which I have received is not open to doubt. When the facts which I fear have confirmed it, I shall act. Meanwhile, you are my prisoner. You will be shown the part of the palace reserved for you. If you go beyond the limits laid down, you become your own judge and pronounce your own sentence. There will be no appeal. Go, my orders are given.... LANCÉOR. I obey, but only until you recognize your error. We shall meet soon, Joyzelle.... MERLIN. No, bid her farewell; for it is doubtful if you will ever see her again.... Nevertheless, Joyzelle, chance may bring you again in this man's presence. In that case, fly from him; your life and his depend most strictly on your prompt flight. If I learn that you have seen each other, you are irrevocably lost.... (_To LANCÉOR._) Do you promise to fly from her? LANCÉOR. If her life is at stake, yes. MERLIN. And you, Joyzelle? JOYZELLE. No. ACT II _A wild, neglected garden, full of weeds and brambles. On the right, a very high and gloomy wall, pierced by a railed gate._ [_JOYZELLE is discovered in the garden, alone._ JOYZELLE.