Juliet’s body, in her wedding clothes, was carried to the church and then to the Capulets’ vault. Paris, who was broken-hearted²⁰, promised that every night he would weep and pray on Juliet’s tomb.

Friar Laurence’s letter never left the monastery but a servant brought Romeo the news of Juliet’s sudden death.
Like a madman he went in search of an apothecary²¹ and persuaded him to sell him a bottle of poison, then he galloped to Verona, “Don’t be afraid Juliet, my love, don’t be afraid. I will sleep with you tonight, I won’t leave you alone!…” he repeated weeping.
It was night when Romeo reached the Capulets’ tomb and started to open the door of the monument. Paris was in the churchyard and tried to stop him, “You are that banished proud Montague that killed my love’s cousin!” he said advancing.
Romeo wanted to avoid²² the fight, “Good gentle youth²³, do not tempt a desperate man! Do not put another sin²⁴ on my head, go away! Live, and tell everybody that a madman’s mercy ordered you to run away!”
But Paris did not listen to him, he attacked Romeo and was killed.
Carrying Paris’s body, Romeo went downstairs and entered the vault. How gloomy, how cold that place was! He laid Paris on the floor, then he bent²⁵ over Juliet’s still²⁶, cold body, “Oh, my love, my wife! Why are you yet so fair?” he exclaimed in agony. “I will stay with you for ever and seal my pact²⁷ with death by kissing your lips once more…”