I say, madame, that it is plain to be seen his name ends in _i_. THE QUEEN. Are you sure that he goes to this woman at night? Did you see him? SIMON RENARD. I myself, Chandos, Clinton, Montague. Ten witnesses! THE QUEEN. Oh, it is indeed infamous! SIMON RENARD. The whole affair will be still better proved to the Queen in a short time. The young woman is here, as I told your Majesty. I had her brought from her house last night. THE QUEEN. Isn't this a sufficient crime for his execution, sir? SIMON RENARD. What! To go to see a pretty girl by night! Oh, no, madame! Your Majesty had Frogmorton tried for a similar crime. Frogmorton was acquitted. THE QUEEN. I punished Frogmorton's judges. SIMON RENARD. Try not to have to punish Fabiani's judges. THE QUEEN. How shall I revenge myself on this traitor? SIMON RENARD. Your Majesty wants only a certain kind of revenge? THE QUEEN. The only kind worthy of me! SIMON RENARD. Frogmorton was acquitted, madame. There is only one way. I have explained it to your Majesty. The man who is there! THE QUEEN. Will he do whatever I wish? SIMON RENARD. If you do all that he wishes. THE QUEEN. Will he give his life? SIMON RENARD. He will make his own conditions, but he will give his life. THE QUEEN. What does he want? Do you know? SIMON RENARD. What you yourself want--revenge! THE QUEEN. Bid him come in, but stay you out there, within call, Sir Bailiff. SIMON RENARD (_coming back_). Madame! THE QUEEN. Tell my Lord Chandos to hold himself in the next room, with six men of my ordinance, in readiness to appear. And the woman also, let her be ready to appear. Go. [_Simon Renard goes out._ Oh! it would be frightful! [_The Queen alone. A side door opens; Simon Renard and Gilbert enter._ SCENE III The Queen, Gilbert, Simon Renard GILBERT. Before whom do I stand? SIMON RENARD. Before the Queen. GILBERT. The Queen! THE QUEEN. Yes, the Queen. I am the Queen. There is no time for astonishment. You, sir, are Gilbert, a workman, an engraver. You live somewhere beyond the borders of the river, with a woman named Jane, who is your betrothed, and who deceives you, whose lover is a man named Fabiano, who deceives me. You want revenge, so do I. In order to get it, I must be able to make any disposition I please of your life. It is necessary that you should say what I command you to say, no matter what it is. For you, there must be no longer either false or true, good or bad, justice or injustice--nothing but my vengeance and my will. I shall require you to let me act, and to let yourself be acted upon. Do you consent? GILBERT. Madame-- THE QUEEN. You shall have your revenge; but I warn you, it will cost you your life--that is all. Make your conditions. If you have an old mother and you want her tablecloth covered with ingots of gold, speak, I will do it. Sell me your life as dear as you please. GILBERT. I am no longer willing to die, madame. THE QUEEN. What! GILBERT.