Act 2 — SCENE VII
Hannah Lynch translation
Juana, Don Lorenzo, Doña Ángela enters door R.
Doña Ángela. [Standing in doorway.] Lorenzo, Inés wants you.
Don Lorenzo. My daughter! I am coming. Excuse me, mother. I will return instantly.
Juana. [Detains him and speaks softly.] Now I know that you despise me; now I know that you hate me.
Don Lorenzo. Mother!
156Juana. [Grasps his arm.] But not for my sake, for hers—for the sake of that dear child.
Don Lorenzo. [Despairingly.] Not even for her sake.
Juana. [Falls into the arm-chair and covers her face with her hands. Exeunt Don Lorenzo and Doña Ángela.]