Three Judgments at a Blow · 1853
Act III, Scene 3
Translated by Edward FitzGerald (1853)
[A Corridor in URREA’S House, with three doors in front.]
[Enter from a side door VIOLANTE and ELVIRA.]
VIOL.
Ask me no more, Elvira; I cannot answer when my thoughts are all locked up where Lope lies.
ELV.
And know you where that is? Nearer than you think; there, in my lord your father’s room.
VIOL.
There! Oh, could I but save him!
ELV.
You can at least comfort him.
VIOL.
Something must be done. Either I will save his life, Elvira, or die with him. Have you the key?
ELV.
I have one; my lord has the master-key.
VIOL.
Yours will do, give it me. I am desperate, Elvira, and in his danger drown my maiden shame; see him I will at least. Do you rest here and give me a warning if a footstep come. (She enters centre door.)
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MLA
Barca, Pedro Calderón de la. Three Judgments at a Blow, Act III, Scene 3. Translated by Edward FitzGerald. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/three-judgments-at-a-blow-fitzgerald/7/.
Chicago
Barca, Pedro Calderón de la. Three Judgments at a Blow, Act III, Scene 3. Translated by Edward FitzGerald. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/three-judgments-at-a-blow-fitzgerald/7/.