One minute more!

FIRST VOICE.

But if he wakes,

And finds me gone?

ALEKO.

I have awaked!

Whither so fast? There is no haste!

'Tis well, we need not search for graves!

ZEMPHIRE.

Darling, run, escape!

ALEKO.

Stay, sir, stay!

Whither, fair gipsy, wilt thou run?

Die!

(He kills him with a dagger.)

ZEMPHIRE.

What hast thou done?

YOUNG GIPSY.

I die! Farewell!

ZEMPHIRE.

Aleko, thou hast slain my friend!

And, see, thou art all stained with blood!.

Oh, what hast thou done?

ALEKO.

I? Nothing!

His love, once thy breath, breathe it now!

ZEMPHIRE.

Enough! I have no fear of thee!

Thine empty threats, I hold in scorn!

Thee and thy bloody crime, I curse!

ALEKO.

Follow!

(He stabs Zemphire).

ZEMPHIRE.