_Mar._ Now let me light these candles. [_Stage brightens._ _Pal._ (_aside_). Surely in God’s paradise, that rest of souls, His angels and pure spirits look and speak And move like this. O wonder! Wherefore comes she? And how to keep her but a moment longer From the discovery? and how to tell her? 670 _Mar._ Now while I sit. [_Finds gown on the chair._ ... Why, oh! ’tis drenched with blood, Your gown. Are you so hurt? _Pal._ A sword-thrust, lady. _Mar._ A sword-thrust. Ah! _Pal._ Thou earnest unadvised, Lady: I wore the gown; if that deceived thee. Yet ’twas but a disguise to save my life. I am Palicio. _Mar._ Sir! _Pal._ Escaped from prison And my pursuers hither. Thy brother’s kindness Hides me from death awhile. _Mar._ I pray thy pardon. ’Twas not mere idle curiosity That made my fault; but made I’ll mend it, sir, 680 As soon as may be. [_Going._ _Pal._ (_springing up_). Stay, nay, put down that key. I bid thee stay. Thou hast forced my secret. Hear The whole, and when thou hast heard I shall not fear The unlocking of thy lips. _Mar._ Why, sir, the thing My brother means to hide is hidden to me. _Pal._ ’Tis not alone my life ... _Mar._ Ah! see the blood is trickling down thy hand! _Pal._ Pest! it hath started freshly. _Mar._ Cannot I help thee? _Pal._ Ay, ’tis the bandage on this arm. _Mar._ To tie it? _Pal._ My moving hath displaced it. _Mar._ See, alas! 690 The ill I have done. Sit, I will bind it for thee. _Pal._ Myself I cannot. _Mar._ Nay. Tell thou me how. _Pal._ Here, round this pad. As tightly as thou wilt. Nay, tighter yet. _Mar._ Shall I not harm thee? _Pal._ Tighter. _Mar._ I cannot pull it tighter. _Pal._ Knot it so. ’Twill do: the blood hath ceased. _Mar._ Oh, I am glad. Do not thou stir: see, now, to wash thine arm, I’ll bring thee water. [_Goes for it._ _Pal._ (_aside_). By heaven, where have I lived, Like a wild beast beneath the open skies, In dens and caves, and never known the taste 700 Of this soft ravishment? The rich of the earth Are right: their bars and bolts are wisely wrought, Having such treasure in their closed chambers. _Mar._ Here ’tis. Reach forth thine arm.