Fontanares He was, perhaps, the founder of some long forgotten power that ruled the sea--at any rate, the means that I employ are not less natural than his. I have seen a certain force in nature, a force controllable by man. For the wind is God's creature, and man is not its master, but the wind propels the ships of man, while my force is in the ship itself. The Grand Inquisitor (aside) This man may prove a dangerous fellow. (Aloud) And you refuse to tell us what it is? Fontanares I will tell the king, in presence of the court; for, after that, no one will be able to rob me of my glory and the fortune that it brings. The Grand Inquisitor You call yourself an inventor, and yet you think of nothing but fortune! You are too ambitious to be a man of genius. Fontanares Father, I am so profoundly disgusted by the jealousy of the vulgar, by the avarice of the great, by the behavior of sham philosophers, that-- but for my love for Marie--I would give back that which chance has bestowed upon me. The Grand Inquisitor Chance? Fontanares I am wrong. I would give back to God the thought which God has sent to me. The Grand Inquisitor God did not send it to you that it might be hidden, and we have the right to force you to divulge it. (To his familiar) Bid them prepare the rack. Fontanares I was expecting it. SCENE ELEVENTH The Grand Inquisitor, Fontanares, Quinola and the Duke of Olmedo. Quinola It isn't a very healthy thing, this torture. Fontanares Quinola! And in what a livery! Quinola The livery of success, for you are to be freed. Fontanares Free? And to pass from hell to heaven in an instant? The Duke of Olmedo As martyrs do. The Grand Inquisitor Sir, do you dare to say such words in this place! The Duke of Olmedo I am charged by the king to take out of your custody this man, and will answer for him to the Holy Inquisition. The Grand Inquisitor What a mistake! Quinola Ah! you would like to boil him in your cauldrons of oil! Many thanks! His cauldrons are going to carry us 'round the world--like this. (He twirls his hat.) Fontanares Embrace me, my friend, and tell me how-- The Duke of Olmedo Say not a word here-- Quinola Yes (he points to the Inquisitor), for here the walls have ears. Come. And you (speaking to the duke) take courage. You are pale, and I must give to you a tinge of color; but I know how to do it. (Scene curtain.) SCENE TWELFTH (Palace gallery as in first scene.) The Duke of Olmedo, the Duke of Lerma, Fontanares and Quinola. The Duke of Olmedo We have come just in time! The Duke of Lerma You were not wounded then? The Duke of Olmedo Who said I was? Would the favorite of the king ruin me? And should I be here, as you see me, if I were dead? (To Quinola) Stand close and hold me up. Quinola (to Fontanares) This is a man worthy of your love. Fontanares Who would not envy such a one? Yet how seldom is occasion given to show one's love.