She was alone.
Presently she fell to weeping anew, and said aloud: "The villain Detzin is gone--has fled the dukedom! I could not believe it at first, but alas! it is too true.
And I loved him so.
I dared to love him though I knew the duke, my father, would never let me wed him. I loved him--but now I hate him! With all my soul I hate him! Oh, what is to become of me! I am lost, lost, lost! I shall go mad!".