--But why did she
do it?
Pauline
Say not a word about it, if you love me! And if you are as devoted to
me as you profess to be, go to your room and gather together all that
you possess, so quietly that none shall suspect that you are preparing
for a journey. We will start after midnight. You must now take from me
here, and carry to your room, my jewels and all that I shall need for
a long journey. Use the utmost caution; for if my stepmother had the
least idea of what we are doing, I should be ruined.
Marguerite
Ruined!--But, mademoiselle, what is come over you? Think seriously
before you leave your home.
Pauline
Do you wish to see me die?
Marguerite
Die!--Oh, mademoiselle, I will at once obey your wishes.
Pauline
Marguerite, tell M. Ferdinand to bring me my year's allowance; bid him
come this moment.
Marguerite
He was under your windows when I came in.
Pauline (aside)
Under my windows!--doubtless he thought that he would never see me
again.--Poor Ferdinand!
(Exit Marguerite.)
SCENE FIFTH
Pauline (alone)
When I think of leaving my father's house, it at once comes home to me
that my father will seek me many a day, far and wide. With what
treasures love ought to repay me, for such sacrifices, for I abandon
to follow Ferdinand my country, my father, and my home! But at any
rate, this shameless woman will lose him without hope of restoration!
Moreover, I shall return! The doctor and M.
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