Three hours have fully passed since first I marked 2380 Yon grated hole grow rosy, and exchange Moonlight for dawn. Now soon will Margaret come: And I must go forth to the world disgraced, To fly my country or hide: ay, at the cue Of the chief justiciary, led by a woman. Hast thou the heart, Giovann Palicio, To call this freedom. Nay, since thy right hand Was raised ’gainst wrong in vain, and thou thyself Art charged with wrong, and must admit the wrong, Were’t not now best to end, and shroud thy fortune In veils of death? Thou that hast led the people, 2391 Hast thou a knee for favours? Will thy tongue Confess I wronged thee, Manuel, I come forth To be thy prisoner: and I wronged thee, Margaret: I will come forth to be thy pensioner? Shame: rather would I die. _Enter Margaret._ _MARGARET._ ’Tis I, Giovanni: all is well: thou’rt safe, Manuel has told me all. Thou dost repent. All is prepared. Ask not my pardon: give me One kiss—I have forgiven thee. Be not sad. 2400 ’Twas like thee as I love thee, nobly done: And being so cruel to thyself ’twas easy Thou shouldst forget what I too now forget, Recovering thee. I saw thee ride away, And guessed before the letter. O, Giovanni, Thank God, thou’rt safe. Look, I have brought the money To serve thee on thy journey till the day We meet again; and more. Thy ship will sail But to Messina: there thou wilt disbark. Nay, take the money; thou wilt need it, love, 2410 ’Tis Manuel’s gift, not mine. _Pal._ (_taking_). I have no heart, Margaret, for what is done on my behalf. I thank him, but ... _Mar._ Alas, alas! Giovanni: I looked to find thee glad of heart and happy. Our troubles all are over. Manuel lives, Whom we thought drowned: Constance, who lay in death, Hath risen from her bed: and even our marriage Is furthered by my brother. How can it be Thou art so dismal, and thy kiss as cold As is this prison? _Pal._ I would not leave this prison. 2420 _Mar._ Thou wouldst not leave it? _Pal._ No: dankness and darkness Are now my friends. I have failed. How can I wish To step in the light of heaven? _Mar._ O, then I see This death-delivering dungeon hath o’ercome thee. ——There’s news. This morn the ships arrived from Spain. They must bring tidings of the king’s accession. We shall learn all to-day. When he’s proclaimed, There’s nought that thou couldst do if thou wert free. What thou hast done may have determined much. _Pal._ When shall I hear of it?