#26 - 'LOVERS'
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ACT 2 - Scene 10
Performed by
Francesco, Leonardo, Salai & Lisa
The
appointed hour!
Salai, Lisa and Leonardo wait at the studio.
Having been tipped off by Totto Francesco storms in and there is
an angry confrontation.
Lyric
FRANCESCO
SO IT IS TRUE! I AM BETRAYED! THE LOVERS RUN AWAY.
(FRANCESCO MOVES TOWARDS SALAI AND LISA)
LISA
NO, NO!
(LEONARDO STEPS BETWEEN THEM)
LEONARDO
LOVERS? WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FRANCESCO.
EXPLAIN YOURSELF I PRAY
FRANCESCO
I’VE HAD THIS NOTE LEONARDO, AND IF WHAT IT IS SAYS PROVES RIGHT.
THESE TWO ARE SECRET LOVERS, AND THEY’VE PLANNED TO LEAVE TONIGHT.
LEONARDO
A NOTE! SURELY YOU CAN’T...
FRANCESCO
HOW I WANT TO DISBELIEVE IT! BUT NOW I SEE IT PLAIN AS DAY
THE NOTE READS TRUE, THEY MEET AT SIX TO MAKE THEIR GETAWAY
WHAT ELSE AM I TO THINK, WHAT OTHER EXPLANATION CAN THERE BE.
SALAI
SIGNOR GIACONDO, HOW COULD YOU EVER THINK SUCH A THING WAS TRUE.
LISA CAME TONIGHT TO ASK FOR HELP - SHE DIDN’T WANT TO TROUBLE YOU.
LEONARDO
THAT’S RIGHT – SHE WAS AFRAID AND CAME TO SEE ME IN SUCH DISTRESS
SHE THOUGHT THAT I MIGHT HELP, IT SEEMS SOME MAN HAS MADE AN EVIL THREAT
FRANCESCO
THEN WHY DID YOU NOT TELL ME FIRST, I FIND THIS HARD TO GRASP
LISA
I WANTED TO, BELIEVE ME, BUT I FEARED HOW YOU’D REACT
WE’RE DEALING WITH A FAMILY WHO BRING TROUBLE TO EVERY LIFE THEY TOUCH.
FRANCESCO
(SPOKEN)
SO TELL ME NOW LISA – I SHALL HAVE THE TRUTH!
LISA
PLEASE, OH PLEASE FRANCESCO. HOW COULD YOU EVER DOUBT MY LOVE,
AND BECAUSE OF A NOTE! – UNSIGNED I IMAGINE. OH DEAR GOD ABOVE,
THIS IS THE WORK OF TOTTO MACHIAVELLI. HE’S AN EVIL MAN - HE LIES!
BECAUSE I REFUSED HIM HE THREATENED TO RUIN MY LIFE.
I DIDN’T WANT TO WORRY YOU, SO I TURNED TO LEONARDO FOR ADVICE.
FRANCESCO
MACHIAVELLI!