she says but one word to him. (_To Don Garcia_). Stay here, my Lord, I
shall go and speak to her.

GARC. Tell her that I instantly dismissed the person whose information
was the cause of my offence, that Don Lopez shall never...




SCENE VII.--DON GARCIA, DON ALVAREZ.


GARC. (_Looking in at the door which Eliza left half open_). What do I
see, righteous Heavens! Can I believe my eyes? Alas! they are,
doubtless, but too faithful witnesses; this is the most terrible of all
my great troubles! This fatal blow completely overwhelms me! When
suspicions raged within me, it was Heaven itself, vaguely but ominously
foretelling me this horrible disgrace.

ALV. What have you seen, my Lord, to disturb you?

GARC. I have seen what I can hardly conceive; the overthrow of all
creation would less astonish me than this accident. It is all over with
me ... Fate ... I cannot speak.

[Footnote: The words from "What have you seen" till "I cannot speak,"
are with some slight alterations, found in the _Misanthrope_, Act iv.,
Scene 2 (see Vol. II).]

ALV. My Lord, endeavour to be composed.