Ah, Desmond, why do you love me so much?
It always makes you so unhappy. Really, I feel worse than you--no
hope--I am desolated.
Desmond
Desolated, you say?
Arabella
Desolated, desperate.
Desmond
What? You suffer?
Arabella
Oh, how unhappy I am.
Desmond
Ah, what a joy for me! You have feelings. I am loved. I don't want
anything else in the world. I want only your heart.
Lucy
You won't have that either.
Desmond
But Lucy, is it really true that my uncle is back? What, in the very
moment I was convinced we'd be happy forever. Ah Heaven, is there a
misery equal to mine?
(Enter Tuneless.)
Tuneless
The steward is back. What a reversal. He took an express coach and
returns just in time to desolate us. His wife's rage is going to
rebound on us--for she already knows.
Lucy
For me, I wish them both what they deserve. To the wife, a dead
husband. To the husband, a dead wife. At least their desires will not
be accomplished quickly.-- You will never be married.
Desmond
Here's my uncle coming now.
Arabella
What shall we say to him?
Lucy
What role to play?
Tuneless
I don't know at all.
(Enter Bramble.)
Bramble
Listen, what's this all about? Vainly do I question everybody.
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