Madeleine (taking off her choker, revealing bite wounds):"Drink.
(Louis turns away)"
Claudia:"Do it, Louis! For I cannot do it. I haven't the strength. You saw to that when you made me."
Louis:"You haven't the slightest comprehension under God what you ask."
Madeleine:"Au contraire, m'sieur. I have."
Claudia:"You have found your new companion, Louis. You will make me mine."
Louis:"Don't make me do this. I cannot!"
Claudia:"But you could do it to me. Snatched me out of my mother's hand like two monsters in a fairy tale. And NOW you weep. ... You give her to me, Louis! Do it before you leave me!" (runs to his arms, crying) "Oh, I love you still."
Louis:"What is she to you, Madeleine? A doll?"
Madeleine:"A child that cannot die?"
Louis:"A child that did die."
Madeleine:"A daughter.
(opens her locket; the girl looks like Claudia)"
