The Colony (1776) - Page 14

F O N T A L B E .

I will no doubt never see her; and being entirely yours, can I be occupied by any other idea?

M A R I N E .

But you are not yet entirely mine.

F O N T A L B E .

We will be united with each other this very evening. I wish I never had to leave you.

A I R .

Tell me then when I leave you,

What sorrow is stirred within me!

I do not know what agitates me;

I sigh in spite of myself.

Ah! I am guessing

Dear Marine....

It is my heart that I give to you,

It is my heart that abandons me

To fly to your side.

Deign to hear it

This heart so tender.

Deign to take it

In friendship.

This heart implores your pity.

S C E N E I I I .

M A R I N E & then B L A I S E .

M A R I N E .

So I am going to get married today... to a Governor! Is it believable? Who would have said to me six weeks ago, just six weeks, you will be a great Lady, you will be a Princess, almost a Queen... Bah! I would have thought one was making fun of me... That poor Blaise! If he were here... Oh! This one is worth more. First because he is a Gentle-