Ugolino/Act 3 Scene 1
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ACT III.
SCENE I.—An Apartment at Olympia's.
Enter Montano with a Servant, r.
Mont. How doth the Countess?
Serv. She doth rave, sir, still.
Calls on the Marquis, and Count Ugolino:—
Then mentions you, my lord,—anon, she sings,
Then bursts into a laugh, so horrid wild,
My heart doth bleed to hear her.
Mont. Ill starr'd lady!
There is no skill I fear, can aid thee,
No respite from thy woes, but in the grave!
May not I see her?
Serv. If you should, my lord,
Indeed you would repent it, 'tis a sight
So piteous, that my duty, but excepted,
No other thing could force me to't.
Mont. Thou hast a faithful and a kindly heart there's for thee.
[Gives purse.
I pray thee friend, let me hear constantly,
How her disorder doth proceed.
Serv. I shall, sir.
Mont. I do much doubt if nature long can bear
The fierceness of the struggle. Farewell, friend.
[Exeunt Monteno l. Servant, r.
Mont. How doth the Countess?
Serv. She doth rave, sir, still.
Calls on the Marquis, and Count Ugolino:—
Then mentions you, my lord,—anon, she sings,
Then bursts into a laugh, so horrid wild,
My heart doth bleed to hear her.
Mont. Ill starr'd lady!
There is no skill I fear, can aid thee,
No respite from thy woes, but in the grave!
May not I see her?
Serv. If you should, my lord,
Indeed you would repent it, 'tis a sight
So piteous, that my duty, but excepted,
No other thing could force me to't.
Mont. Thou hast a faithful and a kindly heart there's for thee.
[Gives purse.
I pray thee friend, let me hear constantly,
How her disorder doth proceed.
Serv. I shall, sir.
Mont. I do much doubt if nature long can bear
The fierceness of the struggle. Farewell, friend.
[Exeunt Monteno l. Servant, r.