Daughter of Jorio, The - Act 2, Scene 8
SCENE 8
Mila remains with eyes fixed, and ear strained to hear the voices. In the brief truce, Lazaro examines the cave, slyly. Far off is heard the song of another company of pilgrims passing through the valley .
Lazaro:
So, woman, thou hast seen how I
Am master here. I give the law.
And now thou art alone with me.
Evening begins, and here, inside,
'Tis almost dark as night. Don't fear,
Don't be afraid, Mila di Codra.
*****
Here in the shepherd's hut thou could'st
Not have fat pasture. Down below
Upon the plain thou canst have better,
For Lazaro di Roio, he
Is well to do, Mila, is rich!
What art thou looking at, expecting?
Mila:
I look for nothing. No one comes. She watches in the hope of seeing Ornella appear to save her. She dissimulates and temporizes, seeking to deceive the man .
Lazaro:
Thou art alone with me. Don't fear.
Don't fear. Art thou convinced, Mila?
Mila:
Lazaro di Roio, I am thinking.
I think what thou didst promise me. —
I think. But how can I be sure?
Lazaro:
Don't shrink away. I will keep my word.
All that I promise I will do,
If God will prosper me. — Come here.
Mila:
And Candia della Leonessa?
*****
And thy three daughters in the house?
Lazaro:
Come here. Don't doubt me. Here, look here:
I've twenty ducats sewed up safe,
Sewed in this skin. Dost thou want them?
There, hark! dost thou not hear them ring?
Twenty good ducats of pure silver.
Mila:
I want to see them first. I want
To count them, Lazaro di Roio.
I'll take scissors and rip them out.
Lazaro:
What dost thou stare at? Witch, for certain
Thou dost plan some trick to cheat me here.
Thou think'st to keep me dallying so. He tries to take her. The woman flees into the shadow, and takes refuge near the walnut block .
Mila:
No! No! Let me alone! No! No!
Don't touch me! See! she comes! she comes!
Thy daughter comes! Ornella comes. She grasps the Angel, despairingly, to resist the man's violence .
No! No! Ornella! Ornella, help! Suddenly, at the mouth of the cave, appears Aligi, unbound. He sees the confusion back in the shadow. He throws himself upon his father. He sees where the light strikes the walnut block, the hatchet still fixed. He brandishes it, blind with horror .
Aligi:
Let her go, quick, upon thy life! He strikes his father dead. Ornella arrives; she sees the body stretched at the Angel's feet. She gives a great cry .
Ornella:
I let him go! I let him go!
Mila remains with eyes fixed, and ear strained to hear the voices. In the brief truce, Lazaro examines the cave, slyly. Far off is heard the song of another company of pilgrims passing through the valley .
Lazaro:
So, woman, thou hast seen how I
Am master here. I give the law.
And now thou art alone with me.
Evening begins, and here, inside,
'Tis almost dark as night. Don't fear,
Don't be afraid, Mila di Codra.
*****
Here in the shepherd's hut thou could'st
Not have fat pasture. Down below
Upon the plain thou canst have better,
For Lazaro di Roio, he
Is well to do, Mila, is rich!
What art thou looking at, expecting?
Mila:
I look for nothing. No one comes. She watches in the hope of seeing Ornella appear to save her. She dissimulates and temporizes, seeking to deceive the man .
Lazaro:
Thou art alone with me. Don't fear.
Don't fear. Art thou convinced, Mila?
Mila:
Lazaro di Roio, I am thinking.
I think what thou didst promise me. —
I think. But how can I be sure?
Lazaro:
Don't shrink away. I will keep my word.
All that I promise I will do,
If God will prosper me. — Come here.
Mila:
And Candia della Leonessa?
*****
And thy three daughters in the house?
Lazaro:
Come here. Don't doubt me. Here, look here:
I've twenty ducats sewed up safe,
Sewed in this skin. Dost thou want them?
There, hark! dost thou not hear them ring?
Twenty good ducats of pure silver.
Mila:
I want to see them first. I want
To count them, Lazaro di Roio.
I'll take scissors and rip them out.
Lazaro:
What dost thou stare at? Witch, for certain
Thou dost plan some trick to cheat me here.
Thou think'st to keep me dallying so. He tries to take her. The woman flees into the shadow, and takes refuge near the walnut block .
Mila:
No! No! Let me alone! No! No!
Don't touch me! See! she comes! she comes!
Thy daughter comes! Ornella comes. She grasps the Angel, despairingly, to resist the man's violence .
No! No! Ornella! Ornella, help! Suddenly, at the mouth of the cave, appears Aligi, unbound. He sees the confusion back in the shadow. He throws himself upon his father. He sees where the light strikes the walnut block, the hatchet still fixed. He brandishes it, blind with horror .
Aligi:
Let her go, quick, upon thy life! He strikes his father dead. Ornella arrives; she sees the body stretched at the Angel's feet. She gives a great cry .
Ornella:
I let him go! I let him go!
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