And have your eyelids kissed to make you dream
Of fairies! Come, dear, come.

BIA. Oh, I do love you,
Rose-Red! You are so sweet! Oh, I do love you
So much!--so much! I never loved anyone
The way that I love you! There is nobody
In all the world so wonderful as you!

[She throws her arms about Beatrice and clings to her.]



Scene 3

[A room in the palace at Fiori. Lorenzo and Beatrice playing
chess. Twilight.]

LOR. You'll not be able to get out of that,
I think, my girl, with both your castles gone.

BEA. Be not so sure!--I have a horse still, father,
And in a strong position: if I move him here,
You lose your bishop; and if you take my bishop,
You lose your queen.

LOR. True, but with my two rooks
Set here, where I can push them back and forth,
My king is safe till worms come in and eat him.