"A kiss! Another kiss, mamma! Farewell!" Lucia calls after him.

He is gone, Santuzza comes in with her phrase of music descriptive of her unhappy love.

It grows to a thunderous crash.
Then a hush! A fateful chord! A whispered roll of the drums! A woman is heard to shriek: "They have killed Neighbor Turiddu!" A crowd of women rush in excitedly; Santuzza and Lucia fall in a swoon.

"Hanno ammazzato compare Turiddu!" The tragedy is ended..