ARETHUSA. Ah! Father, I give him up: I will never see him, never speak to him, never think of him again; I take him from my heart; I give myself wholly up to you and to my mother; I will obey you in every point—O, not at a word merely—at a finger raised! I will do all this; I will do anything—anything you bid me; I swear it in the face of heaven. Only—Kit! I love him, father, I love him. Let him go. [GAUNT. Go? ARETHUSA. You let the other. Open the door again—for my sake, father—in my mother’s name—O, open the door and let him go.] KIT. Let me go? My girl, if you had cast me out is morning, good and well: I would have left you, though it broke my heart. But it’s a changed story now; now I’m down on my luck, and you come and stab me from behind. I ask no favour, and I’ll take none; I stand here on my innocence, and God helping me I’ll clear my good name, and get your love again, if it’s love worth having. [Now, Captain Gaunt, I’ve said my say, and you may do your pleasure. I am my father’s son, and I never feared to face the truth. GAUNT. You have spoken like a man, French, and you may go. I leave you free. KIT. Nay, sir, not so: not with my will. I’m accused and counted guilty; the proofs are against me; the girl I love has turned upon me. I’ll accept no mercy at your hands.] Captain Gaunt, I am your prisoner. ARETHUSA. Kit, dear Kit— GAUNT. Silence! Young man, I have offered you liberty without bond or condition. You refuse. You shall be judged. Meanwhile (_opening the door_, _R._), you will go in here. I keep your cutlass. The night brings counsel: to-morrow shall decide. (_He locks_ KIT _in_, _leaving the key in the door_.) SCENE V GAUNT, ARETHUSA, _afterwards_ PEW ARETHUSA. Father, you believe in him; you do; I know you do. GAUNT. Child, I am not given to be hasty. I will pray and sleep upon this matter. (_A knocking at the door_, _C._) Who knocks so late? (_He opens_.) PEW (_entering_). Cap’n, shall I fetch the constable? GAUNT. No. PEW. No? Have ye killed him? GAUNT. My man, I’ll see you into the road. (_He takes_ PEW _by the arm_, _and goes out with him_.) SCENE VI ARETHUSA ARETHUSA. (_Listens_; _then running to door_, _R._) Kit—dearest! wait! I will come to you soon. (GAUNT _re-enters_, _C._, _as the drop falls_.) ACT IV. _The Stage represents the Admiral’s house_, _as in Acts I. and III_. _A chair_, _L._, _in front_. _As the curtain rises_, _the Stage is dark_. _Enter_ ARETHUSA, _L._, _with candle_; _she lights another_; _and passes to door_, _R._, _which she unbolts_. _Stage light_ SCENE I ARETHUSA, KIT ARETHUSA. Come, dear Kit, come! KIT. Well, I’m here. ARETHUSA. O Kit, you are not angry with me. KIT. Have I reason to be pleased? ARETHUSA. Kit, I was wrong. Forgive me.