[The bodies of Goneril and Regan are brought in.]

Seest thou this object, Kent?

Kent.
Alack, why thus?

Edm.
Yet Edmund was belov'd.
The one the other poisoned for my sake,
And after slew herself.

Alb.
Even so.--Cover their faces.

Edm.
I pant for life:--some good I mean to do,
Despite of mine own nature. Quickly send,--
Be brief in it,--to the castle; for my writ
Is on the life of Lear and on Cordelia:--
Nay, send in time.

Alb.
Run, run, O, run!

Edg.
To who, my lord?--Who has the office? send
Thy token of reprieve.

Edm.