Act 2, Part 2 Summary

Mio notices Miriamne and seems surprised to see her. She tells him that she's Garth sister, and that she heard everything that passed between him and Gaunt. He prepares to leave, but she kisses him in an attempt to get him to stay. He speaks poetically about how he's got nothing left to live for. She tells him that, in spite of everything the others said, he's still a king among men. He talks at length about how he suddenly feels as though all the hatred heaped on him and his father was deserved, and how Miriamne's too good for him. However, Miriamne tells him that all he has to do is say he loves her, and she'll give him everything she has and is. Garth comes in, commenting sardonically on the love scene he's interrupting. Miriamne tells him to leave...