head; may a thunderbolt descend upon me if ever I resolve to listen to
your love. Come, Madam, let us leave this spot, poisoned by the looks of
a furious monster; let us quickly flee from his bitter attacks, let us
avoid the consequences of his mad rage, and animated by just motives,
let us only pray that we may soon be delivered from his hands.

INEZ. (_To Don Garcia_). My Lord, your unjust and violent suspicions
have wronged virtue itself.




SCENE XI.--DON GARCIA, DON ALVAREZ.


GARC. What gleam of light clearly shows me my error, and, at the same
time, involves my senses in such a profound horror that, dejected, I can
see nothing but the dreadful object of a remorse that kills me! Ah! Don
Alvarez, I perceive you were in the right; but hell breathed its poison
into my soul; through a merciless fatality I am my worst enemy. What
does it benefit me to love with the most ardent passion that an amorous
heart ever displayed, if this love continually engenders suspicions
which torment me, and thus renders itself hateful! I must, I must justly
revenge by my death the outrage committed against her divine charms.
What advice can I follow now? Alas! I have lost the only object which
made life dear to me! As I relinquished all hope of ever being beloved
by her, it is much easier to abandon life itself.

ALV. My Lord...