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SCENE I.—''The great Hall of the Castle. Enter Rudigere, Cathrina, and Attendants, by different Doors.''

Rud. (to Attend.) Return'd again! Is any thing discover'd? Or door or passage, garment dropt in haste, Or footstep's track, or any mark of flight?

1st Att. No, by my faith! tho' from its highest turrets To its deep vaults, the castle we have search'd.

Cath. 'Tis vain to trace the marks of trackless feet. If that in truth it hath convey'd her hence, The yawning earth has yielded them a passage, Or else, thro' rifted roofs, the buoyant air.

Rud. Fools! search again. I'll raze the very walls From their foundations, but I will discover If door or pass there be to us unknown. Ho! Gomez, there! (Calling off the stage.) He keeps himself aloof. Nor aids the search with true and hearty will. I am betray'd.—Ho! Gomez, there, I say! He shrinks away: go, drag the villain hither, And let the torture wring confession from him. (A loud knocking heard at the gate.)