TERTSKY.
That many a time when I have thought myself
Close at his side, he's gone at once, and left me
Ignorant of the ground where I was standing.
He lends the enemy his ear, permits me
To write to them, to Arnheim; to Sesina
Himself comes forward blank and undisguis'd;
Talks with us by the hour about his plans,
And when I think I have him—off at once———
He has slipp'd from me, and appears as if
He had no scheme, but to retain his place.
ILLO.
His soul is occupied with nothing else,
Even in his sleep—They are his thoughts, his dreams———
That day by day he questions for this purpose
The motions of the planets———
TERTSKY.
This night, that is now coming, he with Seni,
Shuts himself up in the astrological tower
To make joint observations—for I hear,
It is to be a night of weight and crisis,
And something great, and of long expectation,
Is to make its procession in the heaven.
ILLO.
In this next day or two must thrive and grow
