The KING's Cabinet.
The KING seated, near him the INFANTA CLARA EUGENIA.
KING
(after a deep silence).
No—she is sure my daughter—or can nature
Thus lie like truth! Yes, that blue eye is mine!
And I am pictured in thy every feature.
Child of my love! for such thou art—I fold thee
Thus to my heart; thou art my blood.
   [Starts and pauses:
My blood—
What's worse to fear? Are not my features his?
   [Takes the miniature in his hand and looks first at
the portrait, then at the mirror opposite; at last he
throws it on the ground, rises hastily, and pushes the
INFANTA from him.
Away, away! I'm lost in this abyss.
The KING seated, near him the INFANTA CLARA EUGENIA.
KING
(after a deep silence).
No—she is sure my daughter—or can nature
Thus lie like truth! Yes, that blue eye is mine!
And I am pictured in thy every feature.
Child of my love! for such thou art—I fold thee
Thus to my heart; thou art my blood.
   [Starts and pauses:
My blood—
What's worse to fear? Are not my features his?
   [Takes the miniature in his hand and looks first at
the portrait, then at the mirror opposite; at last he
throws it on the ground, rises hastily, and pushes the
INFANTA from him.
Away, away! I'm lost in this abyss.
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