_Mar._ I fear him not. Giovanni promised, should this venture fail, To sail to Rome. _Lu._ And I? shall I to Rome? _Mar._ See, see! who is it, that gallops down the hill? Why, ’tis Giovanni! _Lu._ Where, my lady, where? _Mar._ See’st thou not by the firs? _Lu._ I hear the hoofs, But cannot see the rider. _Mar._ There he goes: Now on the road. _Lu._ I see him. _Mar._ Look, Lucia; That is his horse. _Lu._ Maybe a messenger He mounts for speed. He rides to Monreale. 1870 _Mar._ Now we shall see. Nay, nay: he turns to the left. He’s for Palermo: and ’tis he, ’tis he, Giovanni. _Enter the Brigand with a letter._ _Brig._ A letter for the lady, from the captain. [_Gives and stands aside._ _Mar._ Give’t me. I faint. Lucia, take it, read it. Look! Read it me. I cannot see. The letters dance. _Lu._ (_reading_). _Margaret, there’s but one course. My men suspect me. Of those who held this secret, I alone Was absent. Manuel’s shelter, my escape, Thy presence here, all point alike at me._ 1880 _I could not say farewell! When thou hast this I am gone. I ride to join my men in prison._ _Mar._ Ah! ah! I knew it, I knew it! what have [_Sinks down._ I done? _Lu._ Mistress, my dearest mistress! ACT · IV SCENE · 1 _The hall in Manuel’s house: it is hung with black. PHILIP and LIVIO; the latter dressed in black, at a desk._ _PHILIP._ Argue not with me, Livio: Manuel’s death Lies at my door. This last catastrophe Followed on his disgrace, which I was main To bring about. _LIVIO._ But since his guilt was clear, Your deed was honourable. _Ph._ I am not sure. I was too hasty. How can I quit myself 1890 In the ill I have done thy sister? _Liv._ Her fever, duke, Cannot be laid to you. _Ph._ ’Twas the three shocks Following so fast. Manuel’s disgrace, and then My suit urged out of time, and last his death: ’Twill be no wonder if her mind give way. _Liv._ Please heaven it pass. I never thought she loved him So well. _Ph._ Nor I, be sure. Where is that Blasco? _Liv._ He went to gather what the sailors know Of Manuel’s end. _Ph._ No hope but that he’s drowned. I go now to the palace. Should I meet 1900 With Blasco, it may be I shall detain him. [_Going._ _Liv._ Ah! _Ph._ He has lied to me.