the height of my good fortune.
But now I have no answer save these tears....

CALAF.

Oh that I knew now where to find you, father!
My heart, so full of joy, burns to embrace you.

ALTOUM.

Calaf, rejoice exceedingly. This empire
You have twice won. Your father, too, has won
His kingdom back. Slain is the Sultan who
Robbed it from him. Until your sire's return
A faithful servant wields the sceptre for him,
And in the meantime sends out messengers
To seek you in all countries. Read this leaf I
It signifies the end of all your grief.

CALAF.

Ye heavenly gods, you raise and you cast down.
You cast down and make mighty, heavenly gods.

(_All present sob in their emotion._)

TURANDOT.

Now nothing more trouble this wedding-day.

(_Comes meditatively somewhat to the front._)

Calaf here risks his head to win a wife.
A faithful friend and servant risks his life
To save his Prince. A man wins back a throne
For his lost King, and makes it not his own.
A woman, who made out she loved me, hid
A false heart's treachery. And could I then,
After all this, look down in scorn on men?
No. And may Heaven forgive me all I did
That made me seem a monster in men's sight!

(_Steps quite up to the footlights._)

Dear gentlemen, I tell you this because
I love you all; and if you are polite
Let my conversion have your loud applause.

QUICK CURTAIN

UNWIN BROTHERS, LIMITED, THE GRESHAM PRESS, WOKING AND LONDON.

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