51/73 She did the balcony scene, the morning scene with Romeo, the scene with the nurse after Tybalt's death, and the scene of the philtre. There is an old sundial in the garden, which caught the moonbeams. She leaned her arms upon it, her eyes fixed upon the throbbing moonlit sky, her white brocaded dress glistening here and there in the pale light--a vision of perfect beauty. And when she began her sighing appeal-- "O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo ?" -- it seemed to me as if the night--the passionate Italian night--had found its voice--the only voice which fitted it. In the love scenes there seemed hardly anything to find fault with. |