ERI. Go, Sostratus; leave me. You little care for my peace of mind if you ask me to remember you. SOS. Ah, Madam, if your peace of mind.... ERI. Leave me, Sostratus; spare my weakness; do not expose me to do more than I have resolved upon. SCENE VIII.--ERIPHYLE, CLEONICE. CLE. Madam, I see you quite melancholy; will you allow your dancers, who express so well all the passions of the soul, to come and give you a sample of their skill? ERI. Yes, Cleonice; let them do what they like, provided they leave me to my thoughts. FIFTH INTERLUDE. _Four pantomimists, as a sample of their skill, adapt their movements and steps to the signs of uneasiness of the young_ PRINCESS ERIPHYLE. BALLET. ACT V. SCENE I.--ERIPHYLE, CLITIDAS. CLI. Where shall I go? which way shall I turn? Where am I likely to find the Princess Eriphyle? It is no small pleasure to be the first to bring news. Ah! here she is! Madam, I come to tell you that heaven has just now given you the husband it reserved for you. ERI. Alas! leave me, Clitidas, to my gloomy sorrow. CLI. Madam, I beg your pardon, I thought I did well to come and tell you that heaven has given you Sostratus for a husband; but, since it is unpleasant to you, I will pocket my news, and go back just as I came. ERI. Clitidas! I say, Clitidas! CLI. I leave you, Madam, to your gloomy melancholy. ERI. Stay, I tell you; come here. What is it you say? CLI. Nothing, Madam. One is sometimes too hasty in coming to tell great people things they don't care about, and I pray you to excuse me. ERI. How cruel you are! CLI. Another time I will take care not to come and interrupt you. ERI. Keep me no longer in suspense; say what it is you came to tell me. CLI. An insignificant thing about Sostratus, Madam, which I will tell you another time when you are less engaged. ERI. Keep me no longer in suspense, and tell me the news. CLI. You wish to know it, Madam? ERI. Yes, be quick. What is it about Sostratus? CLI. A wonderful adventure which nobody expected. ERI. Tell it me at once. CLI. Will it not trouble you, Madam, in your gloomy melancholy? ERI. Ah! Speak, I say.