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 this 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 Kit! 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.