GERVASE. You would trust me?
MELISANDE. I would trust my lord.
GERVASE (smiling at her). Then I will come for the Princess this
afternoon. (With sudden feeling) Ah, how can I keep away now that I
have seen the Princess?
MELISANDE (shyly--happily). When you saw me last night, did you know
that you would see me again?
GERVASE. I have been waiting for you here.
MELISANDE. How did you know that I would come?
GERVASE. On such a morning--in such a place--how could the loved one
not be here?
MELISANDE (looking away). The loved one?
GERVASE. I saw you last night.
MELISANDE (softly). Was that enough?
GERVASE. Enough, yes. Enough? Oh no, no, no!
MELISANDE (nodding). I will wait for you this afternoon.
GERVASE. And you will come away with me? Out into the world with me?
Over the hills and far away with me?
MELISANDE (softly). Over the hills and far away.
GERVASE (going to her). Princess!
MELISANDE. Not Princess.
GERVASE. Melisande!
MELISANDE (holding out her hand to him). Ah!
GERVASE. May I kiss your hands, Melisande?
MELISANDE. They are my lord's to kiss.
GERVASE (kissing them). Dear hands.
MELISANDE. Now I shall love them, too.
GERVASE. May I kiss your lips, Melisande?
MELISANDE (proudly).
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