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Or. Which never shall be paid. (Walks from him to the further end of the apartment.)

Rud. (after a pause.) Thou art determin'd then. Be not so rash: Bethink thee well what flesh and blood can bear; The hour is near at hand. Thou deign'st no answer. Well; reap the fruits of thine unconquer'd pride. [

Or. I am alone: that closing door divides me From ev'ry being owning nature's life.— And shall I be constrain'd to hold communion With that which owns it not? (After pacing to and fro for a little while.) O that my mind Could raise its thoughts in strong and steady fervour To, the Lord of all existing things, Who lives, and is where'er existence is; Grasping its hold upon skirted robe, Beneath whose mighty rule Angels and Spirits, Demons and nether powers, all living things, Hosts of the earth, with the departed dead In their dark state of mystery, alike Subjected are!—And I will strongly do it.— Ah! would I could! Some hidden powerful hindrance