CHARACTERS: Jadwiga Karlowiecka.

In the House of Jadwiga Karlowiecka.

Jadwiga Karlowiecka."

Jadwiga (entering).You must excuse me for keeping you waiting.

And where the sandy banks are sure Jadwiga.

Madam Jadwiga.

Jadwiga Karlowiecka most earnestly asks the great painter Leon to make her portrait.

Leon.Permit me, madam Jadwiga (interrupting).Pray, not a word about the past.

Jadwiga Jadwiga.

Jadwiga Jadwiga.

In three days you shall have my answer (rising), and now I will say good-bye. Jadwiga.

I feel that to-day I am not like that Jadwiga of Kalinowice whom you used to know so well.

As a joke Jadwiga.

I bid you good-bye. Jadwiga.

Jadwiga (with an outburst).Oh, if those flowers had not died!

Jadwiga, both our lives are tangled.

Jadwiga (thoughtfully).The love of an ideacountry.

My fault! Jadwiga.

Jadwiga (passionately).Yes.

God alone knows for how many nights I have cried to Him: "Lord, take my talent, take my fame, take my life, but return to me for only one moment my Jadwiga as she was of old!" Jadwiga.

God alone knows for how many nights I have cried to Him: "Lord, take my talent, take my fame, take my life, but return to me for only one moment my Jadwiga as she was of old!" Jadwiga.

Farewell. Jadwiga (after a while).Very well.

A Servant (entering).Count Skorzewski! Jadwiga.