NATALIE _and the_ ELECTRESS _appear in the doorway, followed by
ladies-in-waiting. The others as before._
NATALIE. Mother! Decorum! Can you speak that word?
In such an hour there's none but just to love him--
My dear, unhappy love!
THE PRINCE (_turning_). Now I shall go!
TRUCHSZ (_holding him_).
No, nevermore, my Prince!
[_Several officers step in his way._]
THE PRINCE. Take me away!
HOHENZOLL. Liege, can your heart--
THE PRINCE (_tearing himself free_).
You tyrants, would you drag me
In fetters to my execution-place?
Go! I have closed my reckoning with this world.
[_He goes out under guard._]
NATALIE (_on the_ ELECTRESS' _breast_).
Open, O earth, receive me in your deeps.
Why should I look upon the sunlight more?