The Complete Opera Book The Stories of the Operas, together with 400 of the Leading Airs and Motives in Musical Notation

Scene V. There must have been some peculiar condition attached to the

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ring. At the same hour that it fell in the fountain _Golo's_ horse shied while hunting so that he was hurt and now lies wounded in bed. _Mélisande_ is taking care of him. She tells _Golo_ that she did not feel well the day before. She is oppressed by a certain foreboding, she does not know what it is. _Golo_ seizes her hands to console her and sees that the ring is missing. Then he drives her out into the night to look for it. "Sooner would I give away everything I have, my fortune and goods, rather than have lost the precious ring." _Pelléas_ will help her.