DESDEMONA: Good Cassio, I will do everything possible to help you. [putting her hand on his arm] Believe me, Cassio, you and Othello will soon be friends again
CASSIO: Good lady, I will always be your true servant.
DESDEMONA: I know you will. You love my lord Othello, and he will soon forgive you.
CASSIo [unhappily]: But first he must punish me. He will send me away. Then he will forget me. DESDEMONA: No, Cassio, that will not happen. I will talk to Othello about you day and night. I will die before I fail you.
[Othello and lago come in.]
CASSIO: I must go, my lady. I feel uncomfortable here. I will leave you. [He walks quickly away.]
IAGo [quietly, to himself]: Ah! I don't like that.
OTHELLO: What?
AGO: Nothing, my lord. Or if no. Nothing.
OTHELLO: Was that Cassio I saw? Was he talking to my wife?
IAGo [sounding surprised): Cassio? No, my lord, that man ran away when he saw you. And he looked guilty. It can't be Cassio.
OTHELLO: Yes, it was Cassio.
DESDEMONA [coming and taking Othello's hand]: My husband! I was talking a minute ago to someone you are angry with.
OTHELLO: O do you mean DESDEMONA: Your lieutenant, Cassio! My dear lord, please forgive him. Cassio loves you and is a true friend to you.
OTHELLO: Was he here a minute ago?
DESDEMONA: Yes, he was. Oh, Othello, he is suffering so badly. It made me sad, too. Please call him to you and forgive him.
OTHELLO: Not now, sweet Desdemona, some other time.