You know well that Heliodore still lives beneath the sun." "If so," answered the Empress, "you have looked your last upon the sun and--her.

Never again shall you behold the beauty of Heliodore.

Have you aught to say?
There is still time." "Nothing, Augusta, at present, except this.

Of late I have learned to believe in a God.

I summon you to meet me before that God.