Act III, Scene vi
Continued
Horns are heard in the distance as the entrance music of the cardinal begins to play.
The Cardinal knocks on the entrance to the living room.
FLORIO: What, ho, who goes there?
CARDINAL: Sire, we've discovered the perpetrator of this ghastly deed. The man hath confessed! Behold!
GRIMALDI slides onto the stage to stand before FLORIO and DONADO, wearing sunglasses that conceal his eyes.
DONADO gasps.
Donado:It can’t be!
DONADO is now speechless.
It Was Me Who Destroyed Bergetto
GRIMALDI:
IT WAS ME
WHO DESTROYED BERGETTO
BUT I DIDN'T MEAN HIM NO HARM
HE WAS JUST IN THE WAY
ALL I EVER WANTED WAS TO GET THAT SORANZO
FOR MAKING ME INTO A CUCKOLD
THAT COWARD LIKES TO SLEEP AROUND
AND ROMANCE EVERY WOMAN
THERE SHOULD BE A SIEGE UPON HIS SOUL
BUT NO WORRIES
I ACCEPT MY SURRENDER
READY TO PAY FOR THE SORROW
I’VE MADE
IT’S ALL MY FAULT
SO GO AHEAD
AND GIVE ME YOUR BEST
AND LET’S AGREE TO PUT THIS CRIME TO REST
CARDINAL: Citizens of Parma, this incident could not be helped. It is a case of mistaken identity.
Thus, we receive Grimaldi into his holiness's protection.
Let it be so!
GRIMALDI:
IT WAS ME
BUT NOW
I AM FREE
FREE TO ROME
WHERE I’LL GO NOW
TO ENDURE MY FATE
AND ALL I EVER WANTED
WAS TO MAKE YOU SO PROUD
AND MARRY, INHERITING THE CROWN
BUT IT’S... TOO LATE
To Be Continued...